I think I I’ll go with Conan the Barbarian on this one.
What is best in life?
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
No!
From Regan onward they have waged relentless political and cultural war. The GOP always got played as they “appealed to their higher angels.” The only thing this got us was advancing their agenda as we watched our values, institutions and culture get destroyed. Take the prayer breakfast out of Washington if you must. I frankly have had enough of politicians preening at such events.
This war goes on.
“I hate the fact that the country is so divided, and I understand I have been a big part of that division. But today, I choose not to retaliate. It’s true that I have been acquitted, and I believe that justice has been done. But I choose to forgive those who sought to remove me from office. And I call on my political enemies and my enemies in the media to work together for the good of our country. I will lead the way.”
The manner in which he phrases this supposed statement is telling.
Removing corrupt (unwise) people from his counsel is not wrong or evil. To intimate that it is does great disservice.
Perhaps the story of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12) would have been a good starting point for this writer about following bad advice.
Someone tell this insufferable douche he's not a priest - he's a DC dweller with an opinion.
So I’m supposed to love Hitler?
Before the war was over Robert E. Lee had inflicted at least 200% casualties on the Army of the Potomac, but in discussion after the war with a pastor Lee said, “Doctor there is a good old book which I read, and you preach from, which says, ‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you’. Do you think that your remarks this evening were quite in the spirit of that teaching? I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings and have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.”
By the way, these dearest rights did not include slavery which Lee opposed, because Lincoln had already said at his first inauguration before Lee resigned his commission, “the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service”.
It’s not about love it’s more like the Mafia says keep your enemies close very close.
Always stay on step ahead
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‘Love Your Enemies’ is not the same as “DONT STOP CRIMINALS FROM COMMITTING CRIMES”
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I am always amazed how Jesus loved His accusers, desired their forgiveness from the bloody cross, barely able to breathe.. Ephesians 6.. who your real enemy is.