The point is, people might have thought twice before coming up with garbage if there was some kind of deterrent to heretical nonsense.
Like a hot poker.
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And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. Yes, they'll know we are Christians by our love.
Also, I trust you're aware that some people in other denominations think the same about you.
I'll admit sometimes I wish the churches of the world would try to get as forceful as they once were so the rest of humanity could finally burn each and every one of the motherfuckers to the ground once and for all. Oh but wait, that would be persecution wouldn't it? So I guess we're just supposed to endure any flight of fancy these assholes dish out with impunity eh?
They used to stone, crucify, drown, stab, fold, spindle and mutilate people for heresy, but somehow we still ended up with christianity.
The orthodox christian church then took up the cudgel, but still we saw the rise of catholicism.
The catholic church was quite inventive about its deterrents, yet still we have protestantism.
So if it doesn't work on the very people who most need to STFU, what's the point?
Bring back the Office of the Inquistion!
Oh wait, it never went away. They just changed the name...twice.
Remember, kids! Christianity is all about love, peace, acceptance, and....
Oh, wait....
Never mind.
Didn't you Catholics already try this, for several centuries?
As I recall, the ultimate result was the Protestant Reformation. So I think we can see how well the Hot Poker tactic worked for stopping "heresy."
EDIT: And David D.G.: BOOOO!! I'm going to sick the Mel Brooks police on you for that one.
Only that the countries where it happens are not characterised for being a paradise to live and, eventually, have to rely on those which guarantee freedom of religion, does Saudi Arabia ring you a bell?. Ah yes, it's that country you bark so much about just for the mere fact of not allowing Christians to pray in public(let alone they use a hot poker)
Yeah, we should've beat the crap out of you crazy Christians before you guys came up with that nonsense.
Not so funny when you're the one being threatened, huh ?
The Hand of the Light, the Hand that digs out Truth!
Or quotes from any of a number of representations of the Inquisition.
Kant's rule: if the heretics is yours, the poker, therefore, goes to you, and you still agree, the rule is valid. If not...................
Preach it, brother! Whether you call him God, or Jesus, or Allah, or Yahweh, or Khorne, we still serve the same master!
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!!
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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