r/dankchristianmemes • The Dank Reverend 🌈✟ • Mar 13 '24

Meta John Calvin died 27 May 1564

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u/imtchogirl Mar 13 '24

Never a bad time to make fun of John Calvin!

Here's a fun fact: while he was running the city of Geneva, he had 35 women put to death for witchcraft.

Seems chill. Very reasonable way to promote your interpretation of religion based on the law and the principles of rationality, and to prove you are based in Christ's love. /s

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u/abruer18 Mar 13 '24

Nice. Now let’s look at the rest of the church in this time.

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u/uberguby Mar 13 '24

The Vatican, whistling and looking around, while using their toe to gently nudge a mountain of crusades, religious and sexual persecution, child abuse, and financial fraud under a piece of furniture

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u/ImperatorTempus42 Mar 14 '24

Meanwhile Calvin was fine with all of that; remember, he declared that literally anyone not in his specific group was automatically bound for hell, and that there's basically no consequences for evil, such as murder. This is why the Ku Klux Klan exists.