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This is posted in Christian History because it deals somewhat with the history of Christianity, and we are in fact living in the history of the future. Anyways...
In the past, heresy was a felony under the law, and a person could be given the death penalty for it. It was treated much the same as any other felony. Much of what was punishable by death in the past is now a civil right. You can speak out against the government, you can hold and speak controversial points of view, and you can hold and advance most any religious view you choose.
But suppose that in modern times in modern Western society it still wasn't that way. What do you think the punishment for heresy, using whatever definition of it you choose, should be? Imprisonment? A fine? Community service?
If you hold your beliefs firmly, and believed someone holding some other view was enticing your children down the road to eternal hellfire, would you report them to the authorities?
In the past, heresy was a felony under the law, and a person could be given the death penalty for it. It was treated much the same as any other felony. Much of what was punishable by death in the past is now a civil right. You can speak out against the government, you can hold and speak controversial points of view, and you can hold and advance most any religious view you choose.
But suppose that in modern times in modern Western society it still wasn't that way. What do you think the punishment for heresy, using whatever definition of it you choose, should be? Imprisonment? A fine? Community service?
If you hold your beliefs firmly, and believed someone holding some other view was enticing your children down the road to eternal hellfire, would you report them to the authorities?