[Right Wing Professor]

I can only suppose that the 'authorities' you quote are entirely ignorant of what Calvin did when he assumed effective control of Geneva. Far from instituting republican government, he overthrew what was already a functioning republic, and he drafted in the church hierarchy to rule. He instituted execution for adultery, fined people for failing to attend Church, and banished and even executed people for heresy.

That's your model for American government, and that's why you folks worry me.

[RightWingAtheist]

[Dr. Eckleburg]

You are sadly misinformed.

With thanks to an earlier post today by CDL, please know the following...

Calvin was not acting as an agent of the state in the matter of Servetus.

*Calvin was not the judge of the case.

*Calvin was not part of the Jury.

*Calvin was not the prosecutor of the case.

*Calvin did not pass sentence on Servetus.

*Calvin did not approve of the sentence handed down.

*Calvin did warn Servetus against coming to Geneva.

*Calvin did testify as a witness against Servetus.

*The council of Geneva was controlled by a majority of Libertines who were hostile to Calvin, and not likely to grant his wishes in the matter.

*Servetus already had the death penalty hanging over his head in Catholic Europe, as did Calvin."

Them's the facts, for all you literalists.