Newsmax is reporting that Colin Powell has died of Covid. Interesting. Very interesting.
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Turn the other cheek brother. Let God do the judgement
I'll turn the cheek after we win. But until then, I view these people as a threat to me, my family, freedom and my religion.
I can forgive once we win, but for now we are still fighting for our lives.
No prohibition on helping to bring transgressors to Judgement.
I agree!!!
Agree to disagree ❤️🇺🇸
No. Wrong. Justice within the human justice system is quite appropriate AND Biblical. We, as private individuals, are not allowed to do it. But the legal system IS, and we may justly desire it. Vengeance is the Lord's, but justice and vengeance are not the same thing. We may justly seek out justice to be done.
The human traffickers, traitors, liars and cheats should meet justice, here and now. Then later God's justice on the Great and Terrible Day of Judgement.
Agree to disagree
I’m not without sin, and won’t cast the first stone
Turning the cheek has to be one of the most misunderstood concepts in Christianity. I chalk it up to the rise of "feel good" sugary Christianity that took over mainstream religion. Jesus wasn't saying "do not, under any circumstances, engage in combat with your enemies who wish to murder you" it was a reference to how to deal with interpersonal relationships with people you regularly are in contact with (family, friends, bosses, coworkers, etc.)
It means don't let slights against you rile you up and cause you to burn bridges amongst people in your life. It doesn't mean "oh heck, I know they're committing genocide against me and my loves ones, but hey turn the other cheek and all that am I right?".
I'm incredibly tired of this nonsense. Stuff like this has caused the utter emasculation of Christianity into New Age pacifist B.S.
Thank you. The bastardization grinds my gears as well.
One of the things that pisses me off is "Christians" who dont even know the proper context of the cherry picked passages they vomit in order to appear superior in a discussion.
I dont mind using biblical reference at all, as i do it time to time, just make it fits the context properly instead of trying to score points.
Christianity versus religion. Seems like most people don't know the difference anymore. I've told several people about authentic Christianity and can almost watch the light bulb come on in their eyes. They'd been seeing it all wrong for so long and it turned them away. Jesus and the disciples were some pretty tough fellas.
#1 Anti-religious dude in the 1st Century:
<<<<<<<<Jesus>>>>>>>>
There is just so much doctrinal nonsense being passed off as Christianity today that it becomes really easy to toss the baby out with the bath water. I admit that earlier in my life I became an atheist for a short time when I didn't know better, and part of that reason was because I was so turned off by a lot of mainstream theology and the types of people spouting it. I had to really dig into the stuff to sift the wheat from the chaff, and it was only then I realized that most of it is chaff these days.
But that's how I learned the difference between religion and spiritual truth so it was a necessary part of the journey I suppose. I don't really engage in doctrinal debates much but sometimes I just have to say something when I keep seeing the same tired nonsense popping up again and again.
God can sort them out when they get to the gates. There's nothing wrong with hoping they go that judgment.