[raynearhood]

58 Executions of those who refused to follow his way took place over the first 5 years of his reign.

Dagnabbit! I forgot to add: A cursory search into the executions that happened under Calvin's lead of the Geneva Council will reveal that the vast majority of them were for intentionally spreading the plague.

[steve-b]

the vast majority of them were for intentionally spreading the plague

Evidently, "Intentionally Spreading The Plague" is to Calvin's Geneva as "Counterrevolutionary Activity" is to Stalin's USSR.

[lupie]

A cursory search into the executions that happened under Calvin's lead of the Geneva Council will reveal that the vast majority of them were for intentionally spreading the plague.

Ha! That is funny. Well, not funny that they were executed or that they spread the plague, but that such twisting of facts are used to discredit Calvin. Ironic might be a better word though. I always find it somewhat amusing that the facts (or the scripture) that people use to "prove" their erroneous point is often the one that best refutes them when taken in context, or when the actual facts are really known.