To: yoe
When Henry VIII took over the Church in England, he presumed that since he was the spiritual leader of the country that all the people owed him their spiritual allegiance, so by executive action he became the final arbiter of everyone's consciences and he took charge of all their souls. And, if you didn't think exactly the way he wanted he could charge you with treason where you were tried without legal representation and the only result would be execution.
Just ask Thomas More how that all worked out.
3 posted on
05/21/2015 1:43:20 PM PDT by
Slyfox
(If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
To: Slyfox
When Henry VIII took over the Church in England, he presumed that since he was the spiritual leader of the country that all the people owed him their spiritual allegiance, so by executive action he became the final arbiter of everyone's consciences and he took charge of all their souls. And, if you didn't think exactly the way he wanted he could charge you with treason where you were tried without legal representation and the only result would be execution. Just ask Thomas More how that all worked out. True. But to be fair, he was just a challenger in that game, because the Catholic Church was already doing the same thing.
Whether Pope, Henry or Obama, human beings claiming ownership of the souls of others tends to piss off God.
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10 posted on
05/21/2015 2:14:11 PM PDT by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
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