Re: [TruthTalk] 'Calvin's beliefs are of Satan-He was an evil man' says Dean Moore

[Judy Taylor]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:39:58 -0500 "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dean wrote: > > -No I did not read the entire work-but as you know > > we can know a tree by its fruit-when A Saints plan > > and carries out a gruesome death of another Christian > > and later shows no remorse they have nothing that I > > want to study to find truth. > > Such a comment tells me that you do not understand the history of > Calvin. > Be careful not to rest your judgment of another on gossip.  I'm not > a fan of > Calvin, as you know, but he should be criticized fairly if he is > criticized, > not judged for what others have done in his name.  Most of Calvinism > today > stems from Calvin's student Beza, and much of it today is not > recognizable > in the writings of Calvin himself   I'm surprised that you take this stand David. There are handwritten letters by Calvin himself to this Farel person where he takes credit for the death of Servetus.  Later on he wrote a tract defending his evil actions.  There was one man an Anabaptist who wrote a tract defending Servetus, this man was not identified until after his death at which time his body was exhumed and burned.  Tell me, is this the Spirit of Christ in action??   > Dean wrote: > > No matter evil begets evil and two wrongs do not > > make a right.Here are a couple of questions you > > should answer: > > 1.Can J.Calvin be scripturally justified for putting > > Michael Servetus to death?   > Calvin never put Servetus to death.  He reported him to the > authorities, and > as a lawyer and theologian, he presented evidence in a court of law. >  The > Council of Geneva are the ones who put him to death.  In fact, he > had > already been convicted in Vienne where he was living under a false > name and > lied to authorities in a court of law about who he was.  He lied > about many > material facts, and then escaped prison when pretending to go to the  > outhouse.   The above is what I would expect to hear from a dyed in the wool Calvinist.  Calvin is on record, he wrote to Farel that he had warned Servetus not to come to Geneva but if he did come Calvin would see to it that he didn't get out alive.  I'm not an authority on Servetus and it appears that he was a bit hysterical.  However, he discovered the pulmonary flow of blood from the heart through the lungs and left the medical world better off.  From my perspective, in light of scripture, Calvin left a theological mess along with a shameful legacy.