Whenever I get angry or upset. Whenever a point needs to be madeAnswer freely.
Whenever I get angry or upset. Whenever a point needs to be made
Answer freely.
Prior to my conversion I was a violent man. Violent in spirit and in deed. I am guilty of murder in the 1st degree in the imagination of my mind. I have a criminal record for violence. My violence has been dealt with in regeneration and in sanctification.
"Therefore if any man be in Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new".
Of the violent man I can say, there but for grace go I.
Should I add another poll option to cover your view?
You could add a scripture:
"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith Yah Veh".
To which I would say, amen.
So then vote option 1.
The police and the military are not converted. Your OP included the term "personal" and then you gave impersonal options. I answered the OP as a redeemed, regenerate and repentant sinner.
Your position is covered by option 1 anyway, even if you are not an absolute pacifist.
Your option 1 does not cover my duty.
Poll: When is personal violence justified?
None of the options given are worthy of a vote.
"NEVER, not even by police or military" doesn't work, since God holds everyone in the community responsible for ridding the community of evil using the death penalty.
"Only when someone tries depriving others of their legal rights" does not work because of the "legal" qualifier. In the book of Esther, king Ahasuerus established a "legal" right to kill Jews on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month. He later established a "legal" right for the Jews to avenge themselves on their enemies on that same day. Being "legal" does not make something right.
"When someone expresses thoughts I disagree with" only works for SJWs and BLMs, not for conservatives who disagree with the thoughts of the SJWs and BLMs.
"When someone deprives me of my right not to be offended" only works for Special Snowflakes, not for real people. There is no "right not to be offended". Get over it already.
"I trust government to take care of these matters" does not work because the government has proven that it is not to be trusted. That is why the 2nd amendment was written.
"When someone expresses thoughts I disagree with" only works for SJWs and BLMs, not for conservatives who disagree with the thoughts of the SJWs and BLMs.
"When someone deprives me of my right not to be offended" only works for Special Snowflakes, not for real people. There is no "right not to be offended". Get over it already.
Personal violence is justified:So help me out here. What option would you like to see added (not that I can).
Personal violence is justified:
- In defense of Life, Liberty, and Property.
"The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions… (and) when his own preservation comes not in competition, ought he, as much as he can, to preserve the rest of mankind, and may not, unless it be to do justice on an offender, take away, or impair the life, or what tends to the preservation of the life, the liberty, health, limb, or goods of another."
~ John Locke
These are thoughts that are offensive to modern liberals from a man known as the "Father of Liberalism".
Answer freely. I tried to cover the widest possible range of answers.
Your understanding of "legal rights" is not the same as my understanding of rights endowed by our Creator.So you're covered by 2.