Posted on 06/26/2020 6:56:09 AM PDT by SJackson
When faced with the kind of mental illness this idiot suffers from, we should learn not to waste our time either explaining ourselves, or making excuses. This person is insane, the way all self hating idiots are insane.
Defend yourself, your family, your nation, and the human race, with the truth. Never waver, look em in the eye, and tell them... not one step further, you have been warned.
Those not involved in unnecessary territorial wars under the banner of religion, but concerned more with the Teachings.
For example, was it necessary to kill the Cathars to practically the last man?
Well...
24 When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it. 25 Twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai. 26 For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin until he had destroyed[a] all who lived in Ai. 27 But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.
Then comes chapter 9...
They answered Joshua, “Your servants were clearly told how the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this. 25 We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.” 26 So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them. 27 That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose. And that is what they are to this day.
Medieval France wasn’t biblical Canaan, for what it’s worth.
Still; the precedent was...
Likewise Medieval France isn't what Europe is today.
So; what do you consider to be '...purer forms of Christianity ...' today?
“If You’re White, You’re Racist. Period.”
This is hate.
I don’t worry about what’s purest today. It’s not really an emotional issue for me, and therefore, not one I want to debate.
But, I do feel that sometimes most religions, including the various sects of Christianity, have too often been used as an excuse for conflict. And, I think when that occurs, it is outside of the essential message, which includes the Golden Rule.
That was the essence of my comment, not a disguised promotion of one sect over another today as being better, truer, or more correct.
It’s kind of like being transgendered, or gay. Alrighty then. Nothing we can do about it, but accept and embrace it.
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Does that mean we get to identify as a person of color when we feel that inside we really aren’t white-asking for a friend.
Then we agree. You see the bigger picture; too.
>>You see the bigger picture, too.
I try to.
I don’t see why not.
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