They didn’t barely kill him. He was dead for like a weekend. They killed the witches properly.

Sounds like a skill issue. If the witches were any good at witching, they wouldnt have died either.

He was mostly dead. Not all dead.

The Salem trials came later. I wonder if there discussion was like Townsperson 1: "So this woman with the wart, should we just nail her to a couple pieces of wood"

Townsperson 2: "Nah man, remember the last guy we did that with. Didn't take"

Townsperson 1: "Riiiight. So, wood, nails, and a bonfire then?"

Townsperson 2: Yeah that should do it"

I mean....its not their fault male magic users are harder to kill.

Ya but I'm pretty sure the witches' followers didn't kill the witches either. Obviously just needed more followers. Clearly, the predominant religion is the one with the most followers willing to kill competing dark arts users. It's basically politics.

this is where i wish lemmy had r/askhistorians because i remember for a fact there’s some mandela effect here and culturally we are misremembering something key but as a non-historian i’d look like an idot trying to call it out

edit: ok i figured it out and my point is moot. i am remembering that the Salem witch trials in America did not involve burnings, but hangings. however the witch trials in Europe very much did involve burning.

sorry for the semi-useless comment haha

Jesus was killed because he angered the Pharisees (specifically the Priests) by defying their authority and teaching the new covenant. The Romans (aka "the state") were only invested insofar as it would prevent a revolt. Pontius Pilate found no fault in Christ and offered Barrabas instead (a convicted murderer) but the Pharisees would not relent and wanted Jesus crucified. Pilate famously washed his hands of the business because even he knew it was an injustice.