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The TheologyOnline.com TOPIC OF THE DAY for January 29th, 2013 06:00 AM
toldailytopic: Is it always wrong to kill another human?
Ask David, no, ask Goliath, wait a minute; I have an idea.......
ask God.
The TheologyOnline.com TOPIC OF THE DAY for January 29th, 2013 06:00 AM
toldailytopic: Is it always wrong to kill another human?
Good luck with that . . .Ask David, no, ask Goliath, wait a minute; I have an idea.......
ask God.
Why, who among us is sinless, and therefor righteous enough to stand in judgment of others? Not me, and not you, either. Jesus WAS that righteous, and he still chose not to condemn, but to forgive. He set the bar, not me.
I don't know that I can live up to such a challenge. But I'm not going to pretend that the standard hasn't been set. If I retaliate to the evil of others, in kind, then I know I will have become evil, myself.
Why, who among us is sinless, and therefor righteous enough to stand in judgment of others? Not me, and not you, either. Jesus WAS that righteous, and he still chose not to condemn, but to forgive. He set the bar, not me.
I don't know that I can live up to such a challenge. But I'm not going to pretend that the standard hasn't been set. If I retaliate to the evil of others, in kind, then I know I will have become evil, myself.
Shift the goal posts much?If you happened upon the rape/murder of a child in progress and your only means of stopping it were through violent action, what would you do?
According to the Law Jesus couldn't condemn her.Why, who among us is sinless, and therefor righteous enough to stand in judgment of others? Not me, and not you, either. Jesus WAS that righteous, and he still chose not to condemn, but to forgive. He set the bar, not me.
Shift the goal posts much?
I would do whatever I could to prevent said event from continuing short of deadly force. Simply by intervening I'm quite sure the assault would not continue . . . don't you?Do you ever answer a simple question?
Like it or not, the spirit of Christ confronts us with this very difficult challenge of representing peace and love and forgiveness even in the face of hate and violence and death.
If you want to call yourself a Christian, then that would be the goal: to counter ... violence with forgiveness.
If I retaliate to the evil of others, in kind, then I know I will have become evil, myself.
If you happened upon the rape/murder of a child in progress and your only means of stopping it were through violent action, what would you do?
Shift the goal posts much?
I would do whatever I could to prevent said event from continuing short of deadly force.
Simply by intervening I'm quite sure the assault would not continue . . . don't you?So if your only way of stopping the rape/murder of a child was by the use of deadly force, you would allow the child to be raped/murdered?
It's the Christian challenge, and it's a very difficult one. If you want to call yourself a Christian, then that would be the goal: to counter theft with generosity, hate with love, and violence with forgiveness. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life", and this was his way. The way of generosity, and love, and forgiveness. If that idea sickens you in some way, perhaps you have some serious soul-searching to do.
I would do whatever I could to prevent said event from continuing short of deadly force. Simply by intervening I'm quite sure the assault would not continue . . . don't you?
Simply by intervening I'm quite sure the assault would not continue . . . don't you?
If you happened upon the rape/murder of a child in progress and your only means of stopping it were through violent action, what would you do?
The TheologyOnline.com TOPIC OF THE DAY for January 29th, 2013 06:00 AM
toldailytopic: Is it always wrong to kill another human?
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No. "You shall not murder" which means kill maliciously and unlawfully. God's command does not encompass accidental killing, justifiable homicide, capital punishment or war.