Honestly, folks, almost all cultures/religions have this sort of stuff, not just the Bible and Christianity. Yes, the Catholic church screwed up with the Crusades, but guess what? So have other groups. If we're going to talk about violence against others, I can think of a Middle-Eastern religion that regularly has their followers blow themselves up to kill people. "Religion of Peace" my ass.

Also, Noah, it was an article about EXECUTION METHODS. How the hell did you think this might be safe for kids to read? Use common sense, please.

And before anyone jumps me, I'm Jewish, most definitely NOT Christian. Yeah, my people made mistakes too in the past. And guess what? It's Human nature, and it's not likely to change soon. So how about everyone quit whining and just enjoy the articles, eh?

As to the comments...

Noah expressed his point of view, so what? Why start a war? Alex uses BCE/CE instead of BC/AD, so what again?

I disagree with Noah, but why start fighting him? Read his comment and just scroll down... or scroll down without reading it. Why go insulting someone whose thoughts and beliefs differ from yours?

It would be much more interesting to read comments if they were comments to the article, and not cavils at other's comments, don't you agree?

Anyway, I've always believed that if you think someone a fool, and then start arguing with him, aren't you a fool, too, then?

Again, when you are going to write an insulting comment, ask yourself the question: what good will it do to me, or any other person?

Please, I am not a preacher. Nor am I an angel, I have my own faults. Like, I am sometimes prone to use my fists on someone who has insulted me. But I mean, really insulted, and I do it to protect my dignity and to show that people have to count with me. What to you protect with those comments?

Thanks!!

This is indicative of religious bias and bigotry towards western civilization and you are suspicious of seditionist and anti-western thought and frankly beyond contempt.

Maybe your head should be crushed by a giant elephant for unscholarly and biased attempts at historical revisionism.

Loved the post by the way! Its kind of interesting to read about.

Think about it.

Neatorama - rocks

Ok so I usually don’t read the comments after an article bc they are usually lame, but I got hooked by Noah and Biltmore. I definitly didn’t agree with Noah’s old-ladyish complaining but Biltmore is such an incredible a$$hole. How dare you insult a religion and people you obviously know very little about. I’m not Islamic but I would never call them all idiots or insult the Quaran, just because I don't understand everything about their faith. Yeah there has been lots of violence throughout history but it was perpetrated for political reasons that bad people wrapped up with religion. People are bad, not religions and not the books they are based on. Censorship is stupid but so is ignorant bigotry.

dude with the kid- take some responsibility. weren't you the one navigating to the page? blame yourself for exposing your child, not the website. you don't want him reading "gruesome" stuff online, go to a different page. it's lot like this is the only website ever created. you want a warning? read the title of the article. that's what it's for. don't know what an execution is? also, not the website's fault.

Your bigotry and ignorance of history is depressing.

Oh yeah, and Michealhas a point about The USA's government. It really does suck. But that doesn't mean I won't give up my dreams of being a fighter pilot!

Not wanting to stir the pot at all but I cannot resist mentioning the torture/death ritual of impaling a person on a stake as practised by Vlad Dracule (a real person, check your Romanian histories)...

Oh yeah, FYI, America (the land of the *rofl* free) still has over 2000 plus and counting books banned and unavailable for purchase that are freely available over here in backward commie loving Europe lol. I tried E-mailing a few of them over to friends by various methods but all I got was an FBI warning a few days later to cease and desist or risk being party to a felony.

Americans are mostly cool, but your government suxs

Religion on a whole is for the individual to believe and turn to in there time of need. I am not into any religion but i would not put any of them down for what they want to believe. I believe in solid facts and evidence, not stories or folk tales.

Keep up the good work with the site. Great read.

He may not beleive in the bible, and Jesus, but that doesn't mean he want's it to be censored, he just doesn't want you coming to his door spreading it like propaganda. So please, you have lashed out against Baltimore, whom lashed out at Noah. Noah also put up a weak argument, the whole warning is a fine idea, but as said kids will find out at somepoint, and this is what internet blocks are for.

Also, Noah's rebuttal was horrible, what are you babbling about nutjob?, he was reffering to how there is just as much, or more, violence and other bad happenings in Christian history, and the bible as there is in this.