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Exactly. His will be done, not ours. Man is too prone to kill for different reasons and hope no one notices. The least trustworthy are those trying to maintain power or in defence of an institution that is their path to power and wealth, be it secular or church..When Jesus returns will He not return in blazing fire, and will He not destroy the heretics?
I'm not sure about moral absolutes. If burning heretics is an absolute "bad", then why didnt humans get that by the 13th c? I mean humans had been around for thousands and thousands of years (at least) by that time. Plenty of time to appreciate a timeless absolute of morality, I'd think.I agree. However, that doesn't mean my approval of it would somehow make it right. Humans, throughout history, have approved of many horrendous things. Their approval of those things didn't make those things morally good. John Calvin thought that Michael Servetus should be burned at the stake. We can consider his context in trying to understand why he thought that was a good thing. But, whether it was good or not has nothing to do with Calvin's approval of it.
I should probably be forthcoming here and say I am assuming there are some moral absolutes. For instance, I would argue that it is always wrong to torture the innocent. Someone might, by mistake, torture an innocent person because they thought that innocent person was guilty (maybe they thought that person was a terrorist who had information that would lead to the harm of others). Okay, we have a reason for why they tortured the innocent. That reason still doesn't make it good or right. Was it a mistake? Sure. Was it good and right? No.
The people have little problem taking that path, especially the oppressed. It is the endless line of greedy in minority that seek power and gain at the expense of others that will never change as that is the only way they see a way to accomplish such for themselves. To man, control of the masses takes extreme measures.Plenty of time to appreciate a timeless absolute of morality, I'd think.
Funny post.It is thought by some that the victims of the inquisitors were the souls of Baals prophets
reincarnated.
Where does it say burning people alive is OK?
Even cremation should be avoided at all costs.
"Burning with fire" purifies?
Is this the 10 o clock news from the abyss?
Of course he does. Is it your contention that John Foxe was an impartial observer to the religious conflict in England at the time?Foxxe disagrees.
Fundamentalists agree with Reformation anti-Catholic propaganda? Shocking.Answers in Genesis disagrees.
The very existence of the Latin Vulgate during a time when Latin was the common tongue would suggest that the Church did not have an issue with vulgar translations. Beyond that, there are a number of extant manuscripts of various pre-Reformation vernacular translations in Italian, French, German, English, and so on. Some were just portions of the text, others were complete Bibles, but the Church certainly didn't suppress all these translations and burn everyone who made them. In fact, some of the men doing early vernacular translations of Scripture are canonized saints.What would you consider a reliable source? I can hunt for my copy of Foxes Book of Martyrs and get a few names of men burnt at the stake for teh crime of translating Scripture into the vulgar tongue.
Christian Science is about as Christian as Mormonism is. That they would perpetuate myths about the mean ol' Catholic Church persecuting good upright Christians for translating Scripture is entirely unsurprising.
Does fire purify or not?
There is not a Christian alive today who is not a heretic to some other Christian alive today. So to paraphrase a bishop from long ago "burn them all and let God sort them out".
I'm not sure about moral absolutes. If burning heretics is an absolute "bad", then why didnt humans get that by the 13th c? I mean humans had been around for thousands and thousands of years (at least) by that time. Plenty of time to appreciate a timeless absolute of morality, I'd think.
We are baptized with fire.It does not purify living organisms, it destroys them.
As long as the established opinion (doctrine) is valid doctrine, otherwise the pot is calling the kettle black.Depends on who might call you a heretical yule log.
The apostles teaching and instruction is doctrine (truth statements).Which is more valid... doctrine or scripture?
So why all the back and forth change over time if its absolute. I mean, "absolute" is pretty strong. Should be like 2+2=4.I don't think a matter of time is the issue. It's not like everyone before the 13th century was going around burning heretics. Jesus didn't go around executing people because they rejected him. Paul approved of executing "heretics" according to his understanding of Judaism, until he became one.
We are baptized with fire.
Yes we are.No, you are not.
Insufficient information in the question?Was Jesus' ?
How long were you in the burn ward afterwards?Yes we are.
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