Re: Making money from Java

James J. Gavan wrote:
> Chuck Stevens wrote: 
> Was he burned at the stake for religious beliefs - a definite YES !
> However read above - he also managed to piss off his sovereign lord with
> his criticisms of the first divorce and through the Tudor dynasty that
> was a big-time crime exceeding anything you could come up with in
> theology. I got lucky, the first or second source made reference to the
> criticism of Henry. So now I back-check on others sites, where in the
> 21st century I see red flags like 'Romist' or 'Church of Rome' - those
> are already sending me a signal - in what is supposed to be an age of
> ecumenism. (If nobody is getting the message we are quite happy if you
> use the word 'Catholic' when referring to us). I look further, they all
> stress Tyndale's martyrdom, but just ONE mentioned he pissed off the king 
!
>
> ..........................................................................
> If there's one salutary lesson from the above - don't mix religion and
> politics.

Try looking up 'Thomas a Beckett'  for another martyr who got the chop.
BTW, as a pot-stirrer, I prefer 'Papists' rather than Catholic.