Posted on 11/21/2009 3:54:23 AM PST by GonzoII
Ping.
“The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Excellent point. But they sure are trying.
God forgive me, though I certainly don’t deserve it, but it is just so easy to loathe those people!
Evil reigns in these people.
Wow...after reading Luke a zillion times I never realized that. Could that be translated to “Guns”?
that is VERY interesting!!!
Communists use the same tactics of intimidation.
Isn’t that special?
The gays will lose in the long run because the Church is waking up.
Correct me if I am wrong, please. If a priest is living in accordance to the Teachings of the Church, how could this group have any leverage at all?
I've actually posted questions on this verse on FR not that long ago. I find that this is a great place to do some informal Bible studies. But the way I have come to read that passage is that Jesus knew full well that His followers would be subject to persecution to the point that even our lives might be in danger.
Jesus of course never tells us to go and attack and kill other people, so I conclude that Jesus has no problem with us taking reasonable defensive measures, specifically, keeping and bearing arms, to protect ourselves from those who wish to do us harm. I also believe that this passage is literally the genesis (pardon the pun) of our God-given (quite literally) Second Amendment rights.
With this in mind, any church that sees its work disrupted by anyone should have no qualms about fighting back to ensure that it can still do its good work without having to be hassled by thugs.
There is no more intolerant, narrow minded group that militant gays. They will not allow dissent, civil discourse, anything that works against their interests. Yet they are a favored political class and anything is allowed on their behalf.
Later in the chapter, Jesus tells them to put the sword away and heals the person with severed ear.
OUT THEM!!
Christ told him to put it away, not throw it away. He was just using it for the wrong reason.
Correct.. That’s exactly how my LASB breaks down the passage.
Indeed. I bring up the passage I mentioned because far too many people seem to have this mistaken belief that Jesus is like Gandhi. While Jesus always advocated for a peaceful delivery of His message, there were many times in the New Testament where He literally lays down the law in a very direct and abrasive manner.
We Christians have a right to protect ourselves from those who wish to disrupt us from worshiping in our churches. If Christians constantly took the pacifist approach, the faith would not have lasted as long as it has.
Gay activists demonstrate some of the most insidious and blatant evil against others in this society. We MUST pray for them, for their repentance and redemption.
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