Posted on 12/22/2014 4:04:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Good point.
The Israelis in the OT had the advantage of prophets and such telling them directly what God wanted them to do in regards to military action. For that matter, sometimes what they were to do was pretty brutal. It was the REASON that made the difference I think. God brought judgment on nations that way. I am sure He still does, only it is hard to see the big picture. One thing is for sure: The U.S. no longer earns His protection. We do not acknowledge Him. We do not reverence Him. We do not obey Him. He is clearly giving us over to depravity. Next step destruction. Hate to say it. There is still time for repentance and mercy. Time will tell.
Jesus was angry and confrontational with the conventional manipulative moralists of his day— the Pharisees.
Yes it sure don`t look good, our founding fathers recognized the divinity of God as the power that
set us free but we outlaw God from the schools and Government buildings.
The article totally ignores the moral status of the different governments cited. Offering as morally equivalent the governments of Nazi Germany and Islamic nations in general with the US government currently under attack by various terrorists is nonsense.
Apples and oranges.
Compared to what the islamist do, nohing we did is torture
The only reason i brought that up was because the article posited what if Jesus was tortured by the Romans because He was omniscient and would have known about a plot against Caesar.
That’s all I meant.
That’s all I meant.
The implicit assumption is that Jesus would refuse to reveal information needed to prevent a murder, which is the criterion for being treated as a “culpable bystander”.
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