Reply #11: Why would the touloouse attitude toward the albgensian crusade [View All]

[patcox2]

appeal to you as an atheist?

That was a conflict between two competing versions of one religion. What makes the continuing memmory in Toulouse of their opposition to one side in that religious conflict somehow appealing to an atheist? All you are saying is that a silly doctrinal religious dispute stupidly lingers on in the attitude of the residents of Toulouse, and this is somehow good?

Sounds more like it appeals to, oh, anti-catholic prejudice, more than to atheism.

You should also be aware that the "thousand year old university" (800) exists because at the end of the Albigensian crusade, the catholic church required it, imposed the obligation to build it, as part of the negotiations for the end of the conflict.

"The university : history and location

The University of Toulouse was born from defeat: it was imposed on Earl Raymond VII in the Treaty of Paris in 1229 ending the crusade against the Albigenses. As he was suspected of sympathizing with them , Raymond VII had to finance the teaching of theology which was meant to show the heretics the straight and narrow path of orthodoxy. Other faculties were created. Initially, the University was located in the center of the city, together with the ancestors of student residences, the colleges. In 1969, Toulouse University split into three separate branches and numerous specialised institutions of higher education."