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"The Inquisition thought they had the truth! Clearly this 'truth' business is dangerous."
The Inquisition was not that unusual. Religious and political loyalties tended to be quite entwined, so most states discriminated against believers in the wrong religion, sometimes banning such religions entirely. This naturally led to people carrying on the old (or new) beliefs in secret.
So the Inquisition was empowered to go looking for those secret heretics.
There were large, bloody and religiously inspired wars in Britain, France and Germany, to name but three.
There were none in Spain or Portugal, so perhaps the Inquisition did more good than you think.
This website kinda beats up on Christianity a lot . . . I'm sure that there are plenty of other influental religions to bang on . . .
How is this "beating up on Christianity"? Pseudonymous is saying that the Inquisition - the main counterargument to the claim that Christianity is good for society - was actually justified. That seems like defending Christianity to me.