Assignment
Read the following dialogues carefully. Note any evidence of “mine is better” thinking. Then decide which view in each dialogue is more reasonable and why. Give your reasons! “Be sure to guard against your own “mine is better” thinking.)a. Background note: on a trip to Spain in November 1982, Pope John Paul acknowledged that the Spanish Inquisition, which began in 1480 and lasted for more than 300 years and resulted in many peoples being imprisoned, tortured, and burned at the stake, was a mistake.Ralph:it’s about time the Catholic Church officially condemned the Inquisition.Bernice:the Pope shouldn’t have committed that publiclyRalph: why? Do you think 500 years after the fact is too soon? Should he have waited for 1000 years to pass?Bernice:don’t be sarcastic. I mean that his statement will undoubtedly weaken the faith of many Catholics. If you love someone or something in this case, the church- you should do nothing to cause it shame or embarrassment. Of course, the Inquisition was wrong, but it served no good purpose to say so now and remind people of the church’s error.
