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Originally posted by TupacShakur
He commanded: "Kill them all. God will know his own." Nearly 20,000 were slaughtered -- many first blinded, mutilated, dragged behind horses, or used for target practice.
Originally posted by TupacShakur
Originally posted by TupacShakur
Estimates of the number executed vary from 100,000 to 2 million. Whole villages were exterminated. In the first half of the 17th century, about 5,000 "witches" were put to death in the French province of Alsace, and 900 were burned in the Bavarian city of Bamberg. The witch craze was religious madness at its worst.
Originally posted by TupacShakur
Yeah I'm sure thousands of people have also heard Allah, Muhammed, Vishnu, Moses, and Waheguru tell them something along the same lines
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by HunkaHunka
So believing that wars and massacres that took place directly because of people's religious beliefs would be avoided if those religious beliefs never existed is naive?
Originally posted by bogomil
reply to post by Rustami
Quite a few people have voices in their heads, and as the voices (and similar phenomena) differ considerably concerning the messages they come with, they have no value for validating anything.
Considering that you now are part of a cult worshipping the demon-lord Jahveh, your experience would most likely (if it's not mental illeness or brain-malfucntion) have come from a 'demon'.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. -John8
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
-1John2
Beware of him (the Angel), and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. -Exodus23
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.-Mark3
for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. -Revelation19
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first -1Thessalonians
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. -Revelation5
no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. -1Corinthians12
www.biblegateway.com...
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his KNOWLEDGE shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. -Isaiah53
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. -Romans
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive -Ephesians
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants -Romans9
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. -John 7
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.-2Timothy3
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.-Matthew22
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. -1Peter
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. -Luke24
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures
For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. -Acts18
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. -Romans15
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith -16
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures -1 Corinthians 15
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. -2Timothy
these are the scriptures that testify of me-John5
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. -Apocalips22
devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture -1Timothy
You keep dreaming! But first, educate yourself about Giordano Bruno. I used to have nightmares about him (still do, frankly) but you can't put his ghastly fate down to religion. His death had zero to do with Copernicus and was entirely political.
Holding opinions contrary to the Catholic Faith and speaking against it and its ministers.
Holding erroneous opinions about the Trinity, about Christ's divinity and Incarnation.
Holding erroneous opinions about Christ.
Holding erroneous opinions about Transubstantiation and Mass.
Claiming the existence of a plurality of worlds and their eternity.
Believing in metempsychosis and in the transmigration of the human soul into brutes.
Dealing in magics and divination.
Denying the Virginity of Mary.
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
What nightmares did you have about him? Was being a Copernican who actually first realized that the Sun is but one of many stars all that bad?
Now, let me point out that his charges were as follows (taken from his wiki entry which has further citations)
Believing in metempsychosis and in the transmigration of the human soul into brutes.
Dealing in magics and divination.
What did he do that was all that bad? I'm really confused by you having nightmares about him.