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I need your opinion and advice-I've been battling the peaceniks on a liberal site-and I got a reply from a poster there-

"If it is necessary to protect the law abiding citizen, then a society can never be perfect. It is only when everyone living in that society decides to follow God that the society can become perfect. If the rule of law is necessary, that means there are those who wish to break it, and where there are those who wish to break it, the society will never be free of "evil preying on the weak." However, evil can only pray on you while you are a slave to it. If you follow Christ, then your guideline is the spiritual, not the fleshly. This means that you do not judge and live your life by the desires and fate of your flesh, but by those of your spirit. Christ also says, "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28). The thoughts of a Christian, when making decisions on living his or her life should be based on the spiritual, the Word of God, not on fleshly concerns, such as hunger, or thirst "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?" (Matthew 6:25). Christ is to be the most important thing in a Christian's life. "He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." (Matthew 10:37-39).
Even death is no concern when compared to following Christ's commandments. And the clear commandment is pacifism. "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." (Matthew 10:16).

The world Jesus wants is described as coming after the judgement. But in order to be part of this world, you must show that you will be a perfect citizen of it by being that perfect citizen under the most difficult of circumstances, where it is a struggle to be that perfect citizen, and there are many who are not perfect citizens. This is precisely what makes it so difficult."

In other words-this feller is saying that all Christians should be pacifists-and to do nothing about confronting Evil-that as Christians..we should allow ourselves to be destroyed and overwhelmed by Evil..surely this can't be right?

Thanx for your help..Have a good one....

That's to easy, give him this verse with the included additions to chew on:

Romans 13: 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil [Saddam]. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword [The US Military] in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath [Shock and Awe] upon him that doeth evil.[Bush] 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

Tell your "friend" he/she needs to submit to God's will and the ruler he gave us. That should get your friend spun up!