Gee, what an awful crime.
I can certainly see where the followers of a "loving god" would feel justified in killing several million people over this...
2006-12-27 02:45:42 · 9 answers · asked by yomama 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why aren't the xians commenting on this????
2006-12-27 04:46:48 · update #1
damn, that's harsh
2006-12-27 02:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by apple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely -- that's what justified the slaughter of thousands by the Roman Catholic Church. Why do you think Gnosticism disappeared shortly after the writing of the Nicene creed? Perhaps this is also the time when the concept of hell appeared in Christianity.
The Eastern Orthodox Church accepted many differing versions of Christianity without having to resort to genocide.
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2006-12-27 11:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, I was aware of the origins of the word "heretic'.
FAR too many people have NO idea about the origins of words, or their meanings.
*** "heresy - Etymologically, a heresy is a 'choice" one makes. The word comes ultimately form Greek hairesis, "choice", a derivitive of hairein "take, choose". This was applied metaphorically to a "course of action or thought which one chooses to take", hence to a particular "school of thought" and ultimately to a "faction" or "sect". The word passed into Latin as haeresis, which early Christian writers used for "unorthodox sect or doctrine" and thence via Vulgar Latin 'heresia' and Old French 'heresie' into English.
2006-12-27 11:38:00 · answer #3 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the term first was applied to protestants by the Catholic Church. If you check they have never reascended the order that says it is not a sin to kill a heretic.
2006-12-27 11:01:46 · answer #4 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but their souls will be saved from sin after they are tortured into the path of righteousness. Then they are killed to ensure that they don't relapse into heresy..so its for their own good!
Nice eh? I agree..if there is an afterlife, there will be some severely surprised people!
2006-12-27 10:50:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any idea that does not support a particular thought system is seen as an attack on it.
Sad but true.
love and blessings Don
2006-12-27 10:50:40 · answer #6 · answered by Simon says 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is The Exorcist II: The Heretic was a turd sequel.
2006-12-27 10:51:28 · answer #7 · answered by BelzeeBob! 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey, stop giving out my password!
J/K. If heresy is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
2006-12-27 10:48:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO IT DOESN'T!
2006-12-27 10:49:05 · answer #9 · answered by Master_of_Psyche 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋