If you are confident that what you say is true, ....that the Spanish Inquisition was justified....from logical statements developed directly from the Bible, ....
, .....here, in this forum, for everyone to see.
I'm all ears [.....and eyes, on my pooter screen].
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Yadda said.....
If you believe that the Book of Revelation, is the
"The Revelation of Jesus Christ,"
then in that book....
Jesus said...
"...thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate."
Revelation 2:6
Revelation 2:15
What does that word, Nicolaitans, refer to ?
'Nicolaitan', refers to those who [Nico] 'rule over' or 'conquer', and [the laity] 'the people'.
Jesus in Revelation, and, in the Gospels, said that he hated those hypocrites, who use the authority of 'religion' [turning religion into a
'beastly', false, worldly 'spirituality'], so as to rule over men.
Almost every religion of man does this.
Some religions [more than others] going to extreme lengths, to exert their authority over their adherents/devotees.
Matthew 20:25
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that
the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Popes???
'Papa'?
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And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."
"...But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."
Matthew 23:1-13
What did Jesus say about how to worship God ?John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Matthew 6:5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray
standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.