Is this the same John Calvin that murdered Michael Servetus?
Why would anyone follow a murderer?
“Is this the same John Calvin that murdered Michael Servetus?”
The same way Bush “murdered” people on death row in Texas.
mur·der (mûr'dər) (n) The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice.
Since Servetus was not murdered by anyone, the answer is "no".
“Is this the same John Calvin that murdered Michael Servetus?”
No, John Calvin never murdered anyone.
“Why would anyone follow a murderer?”
Just curious, what do you do with all of Paul’s letters after you tear them out of your bible(s)?
Oh, or the books written by Moses?
Psalms by David?
Passages by Nebuchadnezzar?
Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus (1509 or 1511-October 27, 1553), a Spaniard martyred in the Reformation for his criticism of the doctrine of the trinity and his opposition to infant baptism, has often been considered an early unitarian.
Sharply critical though he was of the orthodox formulation of the trinity, Servetus is better described as a highly unorthodox trinitarian.
Still, aspects of his theology—for example, his rejection of the doctrine of original sin—did influence those who later founded unitarian churches in Poland and Transylvania.
Public criticism of those responsible for his execution, the Reform Protestants in Geneva and their pastor, John Calvin, moreover, inspired unitarians and other groups on the radical left-wing of the Reformation to develop and institutionalize their own heretical views.
Widespread aversion to Servetus’ death has been taken as signaling the birth in Europe of religious tolerance, a principle now more important to modern Unitarian Universalists than antitrinitarianism.
Servetus is also celebrated as a pioneering physician. He was the first to publish a description of the blood’s circulation through the lungs.
http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/michaelservetus.html
Are you the same member of the human race who murdered Christ with your sins?
I know I am.
Because people like to follow someone they think has the answers; many different religions and sects have sprung forth in the last 20 centuries, most, if not all of them, claiming to be the real deal. It doesn't really matter who they murder; their zealots masses will follow them anyway.