I wouldn’t expect you to rationalize it any other way. The numbers of slaughtered, however, speak for themselves.
Indeed.
And how many were slaughtered by those with new hope of power that came from a splintering of the Church?
If there was not a rebellion against the Church, how many would have been killed? As it is, how many Reformation-led people have waltzed with the Devil, to the everlasting damnation of their souls? The question might be: do you kill the body to save the soul.
Speaking as one of the elect, I’d suspect that you would indicate the negative since either the person has been chosen without merit to the Kingdom of God (complete with the little voices), or else you are condemned to Hell simply because you are a sinful and completely unworthy pustule on the backside of humanity.