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The fact that people were burnt alive says more about the people in power than about any text. Certain people in power will always find ways to persecute peopl
by tomohawk 8y ago
The fact that people were burnt alive says more about the people in power than about any text. Certain people in power will always find ways to persecute people that disagree with them. See also, the French Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution, Mao's Great Leap, and many other sad episodes where nasty people achieved power.
There is no motivation in the teachings of Christ to burn people alive. Quite the contrary.
- Prologue 8y agoI agree with your first paragraph, but I really, really have to ask you: don't you consider the threat of being burned for all eternity, postulated by Jesus himself as a punishment for not believing not enough motivation?
- whatshisface 8y agoThat would be a motivation to believe yourself, or maybe to altruistically try to convert someone else, not to make the problem worse by getting someone else's burning started early.