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The reformers and Puritans were hardly innocent of all sin including murder, just ask one of the 36 witches burnt at Salem.

Point of fact Adopted, and this is seriously off topic on this particular forum but I hate seeing misinformation spread about the Puritans. There were only 20 people executed for witchcraft in Salem. None of them were burned, 19 were hanged as was the law at that time and one was pressed to death. And four others never convicted of witchcraft died in prison. There may have been more who died while incarcerated but the records are unclear.

For more on this go here: Salem Witch Trials FAQ

Oh and another thing keep in mind that Neo-pagans like to promote a particular falsehood known as the "burning times" which tends to exaggerate the amount of people executed by various people during the middle ages and later. This has been frequently proven false but it is a persistent myth so it is best to be accurate when talking about witches and executions.

Peter

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. Augustine of Hippo