To: OLD REGGIE
Uh...
I hope that sentence of death will at least be passed on him; but I desired that the severity of the punishment be mitigated. "Calvin to William Farel, August 20, 1553, Bonnet, Jules (1820–1892) Letters of John Calvin, Carlisle, Penn: Banner of Truth Trust, 1980, pp. 158–159. ISBN 0-85151-323-9." Wikipedia entry on Michael Servetus
BRING OUT... THE COMFY CHAIR!
So it was "kill him, but do it gently"? Oh, well that's alright then, that changes everything.
1,374 posted on
09/05/2010 11:52:50 AM PDT by
Legatus
(From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus.)
To: Legatus; OLD REGGIE
Rome doesn’t bother with such niceties. Rome prefers to inflict as much pain as possible as it torches and hacks to death its victims.
1,383 posted on
09/05/2010 12:11:27 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
(("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Legatus
Are you pro death penalty?
Don’t you say the same thing about child rapists?
1,400 posted on
09/05/2010 12:39:58 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Legatus
Uh...
I hope that sentence of death will at least be passed on him; but I desired that the severity of the punishment be mitigated. "Calvin to William Farel, August 20, 1553, Bonnet, Jules (1820–1892) Letters of John Calvin, Carlisle, Penn: Banner of Truth Trust, 1980, pp. 158–159. ISBN 0-85151-323-9." Wikipedia entry on Michael Servetus
BRING OUT... THE COMFY CHAIR!
So it was "kill him, but do it gently"? Oh, well that's alright then, that changes everything.
The question was not Calvin's attitude, which I think was harsh and cruel, but was Did Calvin Have Servetus Burned At The Stake?
1,406 posted on
09/05/2010 12:48:22 PM PDT by
OLD REGGIE
(I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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