"The purer the religion, the more dangerous."

For Paul Johnson to link John Calvin to those murderous dictators pictured, is biased unhistorical claptrap.

Johnson was a Roman Catholic and his father was a Jesuit.

If one wants to take a look at murderous dictators, - take a look at the middle age RC Popes of whom self-righteousness was an understatement. We have Calvin and Luther to thank for the demise of the Popes and their unquestionable despotic powers. They did so by simply allowing the masses to read the Scripture for themselves.

“For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man


Posted by Denny at February 20, 2015 10:19 AM

Paul Johnson misses the third category, "The Hate-Filled Passionate Destructive."

Which of the three categories personifies our president's behavior?

Posted by Howard Nelson at February 20, 2015 10:21 AM