Post On Religion

I read this article about religion.  The article is about the Spanish Inquisition.  The Spanish Inquisition was created in Spain in the 15th century to keep the population of Spain devoutly Roman Catholic.  The rulers at the time were Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, whom were embraced by the Pope and the church for their loyalty.  They took dire measures to enforce Catholicism.  Many people were burned, drawn and quartered, and beheaded for simply not being Catholic.  This makes you think about the freedom you have in America, on many levels.  We seem to complain about discrimination in the US, when in reality we have come a very long way.  For instance, we complain about the word God being mentioned in school.  Just compare that to being burned at the stake.  We take more for granted than we could ever comprehend.  In America, people complain about everything because they cannot compare their life to something worse.  This ignorance has gone as far as cutting funding for disease nonprofit organizations because certain diseases pertain mainly to certain racial groups.  We should be thankful we live in such an uncensored country and not constantly badger about how women should get more government money if they have more kids than they can support.  Kamen, Henry.  "Spanish Inquisition."  Wikipedia.  11 February 2009.  14 February 2009.  < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition>.