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Yep.......Atahualpa found that out first hand.

Pizarro had his men strategically placed around the square where they were to meet. When Atahualpa came with 7,000 unarmed soldiers and attendants, Friar Valverde spoke with him about the Spanish presence in his lands as well as engaged in a poorly executed attempt to explain to him the precepts of the Catholic religion, an attempt which was certainly not helped by an unskilled translator. After doing so, he offered Atahualpa a Bible in the expectation that he and his men would immediately convert to Christianity in preference to being considered an enemy of the Church and Spain by the Spanish Crown.


The Inca-Spanish confrontation in the Battle of Cajamarca left thousands of natives dead
Atahualpa stated that he was no one's vassal and asked where they got their authority. A popular but widely disputed[by whom?] legend states that Valverde pointed to the Book saying that it contained God's word and handed it over to Atahualpa. Supposedly, when the Inca was presented with the Book he shook it close to his ear and asked "Why doesn't it speak to me?" Having literally never seen a book before, he then threw the unfamiliar object aside. Supposedly, this is what gave the Spanish a reason to attack, starting the Battle of Cajamarca on 16 November 1532. Though the historical accounts relating to these circumstances vary, the true motivations for the attack seemed to be a desire for loot and flat-out impatience, in that the Inca did not adequately understand the Conquistadores' demands.[citation needed] Pizarro executed Atahualpa's 12-man honor guard and took the Inca captive at the so-called ransom room, where they demanded a lofty sum of precious gems and metals to be exchanged for Atahualpa..

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire