So now we know where the Church got its "burn the heretics at the stake" authority. That is claiming a Power that belongs not to any manmade institution but to God alone. Ever hear "Judge not lest ye be judged"? Well, it's not telling us NOT to judge but if we do judge, judge righteously. House arrest over heliocentricity was not just. It was brutality and don't quote any Catholic writings saying he was well cared for.
Yes that would be Jesus that gave His Church that authority:
Mat 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
Would culling your posts expose an opposition to capital punishment?
"Judge not lest ye be judged"?
You're having to resort to trotting out the quoting Scripture out of context crutch. You're too proud to admit that you're unarmed in this battle, Robert. There's quite a bit of difference between stoning an adulterer to death and judging behavior. Too bad you don't realize that.
"And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?" Luke 12:57
"And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us." 2 Thessalonians 3:6
House arrest over heliocentricity was not just.
That's your opinion, Robert. Galileo committed fraud and in todays parlance breach of contract. Fraud is a crime that's punishable even in our contemporary culture. I doubt Bernie Madoff is living out his live in an Italian villa. It's already been well established that you're in over your head on the topic of Galileo. Quit digging that hole you're in.
It was brutality and don't quote any Catholic writings saying he was well cared for.
Those are Galileo's writings that I quoted and he felt his treatment was so brutal that he wrote to others about how well he was treated.
Given the choice between believing you and Galileo, I'm believing Galielo.
You'd be better off sitting in the corner in your jammies reading a Dan Brown novel.
**Did Jesus preach imprisonment of those who didn’t believe a certain way?**
Chapter and verse please.
Or is Jesus talking about heaven vs. hell at the end of the age?