In bearing false witness debunking centuries of anti catholic history stark rebuts 10 historical myths that reflect badly on the catholic church tyler oneil pj media even if you are not catholic to understand todays culture wars you must understand catholic history this book has my highest endorsement for everyone from catholics to atheists who appreciate brave truth . Bearing false witness by rodney stark ive been addressing anti catholic tropes on the internet for the last twenty years when i started i honestly believed that these accusations were supported by fact or even if not totally accurate were substantially accurate. Bearing false witness debunking centuries of anti catholic history regular price 3595 sale add to cart as we all know and as many of our well established textbooks have argued for decades the inquisition was one of the most frightening and bloody chapters in western history pope pius xii was anti semitic and rightfully called hitlers pope the dark ages were a stunting of the . In the end readers will not only have a more accurate history of the catholic church they will come to understand why it became unfairly maligned for so long bearing false witness is a compelling and sobering account of how egotism and ideology often work together to give us a false truth. On the whole bearing false witness is a valuable read if you or someone you know has been lumbered with an anti catholic perspective of history each myth is successfully and convincingly debunked as i drew to the end of the book i found myself musing that if templeton press could produce a sister volume that deals with debunking present day myths about the catholic church false