Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: rktman
Don’t forget about the passage concerning kicking illegal aliens out of the country. Oh, never mind. :>)

If I remember by "Old Testament" God usually just told the Israelites to slay any outsiders in their lands, so actually Trump is being overly generous by only building a wall and kicking them out.

16 posted on 04/14/2016 11:24:52 AM PDT by apillar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies ]


To: apillar
If I remember [my] "Old Testament" God usually just told the Israelites to slay any outsiders in their lands, so actually Trump is being overly generous by only building a wall and kicking them out.

My first thought as well. When he gave the land to the Chosen People, God required that they slay everyone else, women, children and cattle, in order to establish (the original) Israel. Especially the Ammonites; in some chapters he scolded them for not having finished that job and letting the Ammonite king live.

As far as the "turn the other cheek" lesson from the gospels, it is a perfect lesson in interpersonal relationships, but does not necessarily apply to affairs of state or the things of Caesar. That job is outlined in Romans.

63 posted on 04/14/2016 1:29:34 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson