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To: N3WBI3

>>Im sorry where, exactly, in the Bible does it say where we should and should not show mercy?<<

To those who need it we should show it. The people on the basketball court have full bellies, warm clothes and a roof over their head.

Frankly, the use of the word “mercy” in a sports arena (regarding the SCORE OF A GAME) is really a phrase that merely gets it’s roots from the actual meaning of the word.

I repeat the example from my previous post: Is it “mercy” when a college professor gives a failing student a “b”? In both cases, those who “fail” can learn from their failure.

It is called tough love and VERY Christian.

There really IS a time and place for everything:

Ecclesiastes 3:

1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.


99 posted on 01/27/2009 11:25:43 AM PST by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
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To: RobRoy
Why was it tough love and Christian to let up and not score any more for the last 4 minutes? Shouldn't they have kept giving the lesson in love?

If we had but 8 fingers and toes, would it have been sufficient to only score 64 (100 in octal)?

Do they know we are Christian because we stop when we reach a round number?

100 posted on 01/27/2009 11:31:20 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: RobRoy

“To those who need it we should show it.”

Maybe its a translation thing but I can’t find that in my Bible...

“I repeat the example from my previous post: Is it “mercy” when a college professor gives a failing student a “b”? In both cases, those who “fail” can learn from their failure.”

nice non sequitur...

“Ecclesiastes”

Nowhere in there does it say a time to humiliate. This Christian School bore a terrible witness for God in this game. And in *everything* we do we should aim to glorify God..


106 posted on 01/27/2009 12:11:26 PM PST by N3WBI3 (Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
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