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Discussion of George Gillespie's Wholesome Severity Reconciled with Christian Liberty
Bloodbath? 
Subject: Bloodbath?
From: Richard Bacon 
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 09:11:55 -0500

At 07:29 PM 5/6/97 -0400, Jonny Keen wrote:

>	I was wondering what a blood bath there would be in America if Christian
>rulers would put to death all the heretics-non-Calvinists. I ask also "Do
we have
>Christian Magistrates today?" America is not even a Christian nation-it is
totally
>secular.

I wonder what a bloodbath there would be in America if Christian rulers
would put to death all the murderers?  What is the force of the bloodbath
question?

Of course, "Do we have Christian Magistrates today?" is a different question
from "Is it possible to have a Christian Magistrate?" or "How should a
Christian Magistrate punish those who rebel against God?"

Jonny has used the term "secular" twice now in the last couple of posts.
Does the Bible teach that it is permissible for a king to ignore God,
(thus making him a "secular" king).  Or does the Bible teach otherwise?


Dick Bacon
Poster of the text and keeper of the order.