Ya think??? :think:Granite said:though I'm not sure even better parenting would have necessarily prevented Columbine.
Shimei said:Hey CabinetMaker,
Can you find it in your heart to forgive Harris & Klebold, even though they are dead?
Knight said:Ya think??? :think:
So..... were they born that way???
Was it fate?
What are you saying?
Shimei said:Hey CabinetMaker,
Can you find it in your heart to forgive Harris & Klebold, even though they are dead?
koban said:I gotta run, but chew on this:
Does God forgive us through Christ, even though we are dead in our sins before salvation?
Wow!Granite said:I tend to think most psychopaths are born as they are. These guys were two ticking time bombs, as it were. If it wasn't Columbine they would have had another outburst of violence sooner or later.
CabinetMaker said:To what end? It is the forgiveness of the families they wronged and the forgiveness of Christ that they needed before they died. They made a choice and died guilty.
Knight said:Wow!
That's amazing.
What an incredible coincidence that two "ticking time bombs" ended up best friends.
Knight said:I don't know.
I never asserted that we should all go and offer their families forgiveness. Cabinet Maker is the one who has made the assertion. I asked him the same question you just asked me and he didn't respond.
In post #65 you stated:CabinetMaker said:See post #65. I did respond. I don't know what sins they need us to forgive them for. Maybe none.
Yet in post #2 you stated that we should FORGIVE them.CabinetMaker said:Colossians 3:12-15 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
I do not know what sins they are guilty of. The plank in my eye obstructs my vision. I am asking if these families deserve compasion because they not only lost beloved childred as 12 other families did (plus the family of one adult), they also lost all hope of ever seeing them again. As God's chosen, what is our duty?
Therefore...CabinetMaker said:Jesus has already died so that any sins the Harris and Kleebold families might be forgiven. If Chirst is willing to forgive them should we also be willing to firgive as well?
CabinetMaker said:But the two families (note that word is families) who lost the most that day were the Harris and Kleebold families.
One Eyed Jack said:I don't think they lost much.
Knight said:In post #65 you stated:Yet in post #2 you stated that we should FORGIVE them.Therefore...
If you don't even know if they have a reason to be forgiven, why on earth would you call for the parents of the victims to forgive them?
Who is kicking them around?CabinetMaker said:We are so angry at being robbed of the oportunity to seek vengence on the killers that we are glad to have a somebody to kick around.
Knight said:Who is kicking them around?
You have done nothing but assert baseless accusations.
By who? Where?CabinetMaker said:I have done nothing but ask if two families were ever extended a hand of compassion after a tragedy destroyed their lives. 13 families received a tremendous out puring of love and compassion and help. Two families received nothing but scorn and ridicule.
Knight said:By who? Where?
They were? That isn't my recollection. Furthermore, even if the media was harsh on the Harris and Klebold families since when does the media represent Christianity?CabinetMaker said:The news stories of the time were highly critical of the two families.
:hammer:Again, Columbine is over and done. What are we doing different to prevent a next time? What should Christians do for families who have children who turn out evel? Are our lives showing the wolrd the light of Christ that shines within us or do we bury that light because we can't see past a sin?
Knight said:They were? That isn't my recollection. Furthermore, even if the media was harsh on the Harris and Klebold families since when does the media represent Christianity?
Isn't the bottom line simply that you are a self righteous person who is trying to make himself feel better by insinuating all this nonsense?
:hammer: