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NASB | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ]. |
Subject: Does Islam fit here? |
Bible Note: I guess that is one way to dismiss the facts that refute ones claim call them biased. :-) The main thing to remember is the world’s population of the time and the fact inflated reports often followed battles. It was good propaganda. About 4 years ago Rome apologized for its part in inquisition. Since then many Vatican, Protestant, and secular researchers have explored this issue and have found that most of the figures were inflated by as much as a 1000 fold. In one report from the town of Cordoba, I believe, it was reported that more people were tried and found guilty and executed than the total population of the city of the time. In fact the total number examined in Spain was found to be 125,000 with less than 1 percent ever leading to execution. I would point you to some Catholic documents but I’m sure you would dismiss them as biased. So I won’t bother however you should know the findings of these documents have be scrutinized and found accurate by impartial researchers. I state this to set the record straight and in NO WAY is this meant to excuse or justify even one death let alone this number, however it is a long way from 100’s of thousands to 1250. I personally feel even one death in the name of Christianity is one death too many and I pray such infighting and bickering never results in this again. I believe it is a shame on the church and I pray it would be a lesson from which we all learn. EdB |