Going to hell or not?
Only very pacifist sects or denominations such as Quakers or Mennonites view most all killing as a sin. Most denominations wouldn’t have a problem with it, in a similar vein to just war theory.
What was the churches view of hangmen?
Submitted 1 year ago by someguy3@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
roguetrick@kbin.social 1 year ago
It gets more than just tolerating. As soon as Constantine recognized Christianity, the Council of Arles (314) declared that deserters/those that refused military service on religious grounds would be excommunicated. The church was always subordinate to the state once they were in accord (or the pope got invaded).
meco03211@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Those switches ain’t gonna burn themselves! Though it’s possible they didn’t consider them “people”.
CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Just speculating here:
Bak in “Ye Olde Times”, it was said that the king was ordained by God, who is infallible. The king must therefore be infallible. As such, the King only selects infallible subordinates. If someone is sentenced to death by one of the kings subordinates (or the king himself), they have been indirectly sentenced by God, through his infallible messengers on earth. Therefore, the hangman is only acting as the “Hand of God”, carrying out the judgment indirectly passed by God himself.
Problem solved :)
skulblaka@kbin.social 1 year ago
... Therefore, your honor, by virtue of the transitive property I, as a citizen of this fine kingdom, am also infallible and cannot be held accountable for crimes committed by the hand of God.
The defense rests.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
"doing gods work"
Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve actually thought he meant the Game “Hangman” and was wondering why the Church might have an official stance on a simple game ._.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’m pretty sure most every youth group and Sunday school plays hangman, so I’m guessing the church wouldn’t say no.
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The kids might get bored after a few minutes though.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I imagine it depends highly on what church and which hangman, since, at least with an American perspective, churches are scattered across basically any ideology you can think of, and people have been hung for any reason under the sun as well.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s not the hangman’s job to determine the reason though, just to carry it out.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Well we really get into the weeds with that one, don’t we? ISIS had executioners, the United States plenty as well, as did the inquisition. Do we imagine a god which weighed their motives equally?
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“The Church” has traditionally referred to the Roman Catholic Church, especially in historical contexts.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Or the Orthodox Church depending on the location. Those two were more or less conjoined for a while too before the schism.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
I mean, if we do it that way they’re pretty openly against the act and probably consider it a pretty major sin for the active participants but that’s less fun than having it be an open ended question.
rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Why past tense?
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thought about using present tense.
rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Sorry. I didn’t get it. Thought we were talking about the game hangman…
Talking about real ones… I’m pretty sure most of the religions that have the concept of hell and heaven also love killing in the name of god. Half of the holy books are stories about that. So if you’re doing the hanging in the name of the lord, or when ordered by someone affiliated with him: heaven. If you’re doing it for someone else or a different god: hell.
pikmeir@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Believe it or not, straight to hell.
Alchemy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We have the best hangman in the world because of hell.