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To: Ksnavely; little jeremiah

For centuries communities have dictated what "can be done by consenting adults". That is because civilization is a fragile thing. License and depravity destroy it, which happens if they go unchecked.

Christians are part of this world. We are not a beleaguered sect in a hostile empire. We are the empire. So we must use the weapons available to us to fight evil. Did the righteous kings of the Old Testament tolerate Baal worship and confine themselves to preaching against it ? No. They tore down the sacred groves and high places and ran out the temple prostitutes. Elijah, a prophet so holy that he went straight to heaven, commanded the massacre of the Baal priests. In the early Christian communities were not the reprobate punished by expulsion ? Did not St Paul command the Corinthians to expel a member who was sleeping with his stepmother ? So obviously the early Christians used coercion among themselves to maintain and preserve holiness because "a little leaven ferments the whole lump".

You are on the wrong side. You should be on DU with the party of license and depravity sneering about "Jesusland".


189 posted on 11/21/2004 4:57:07 PM PST by Sam the Sham
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To: Sam the Sham
Did the righteous kings of the Old Testament tolerate Baal worship and confine themselves to preaching against it ? No. They tore down the sacred groves and high places and ran out the temple prostitutes. Elijah, a prophet so holy that he went straight to heaven, commanded the massacre of the Baal priests. In the early Christian communities were not the reprobate punished by expulsion ?

So you're saying you WANT to live in a society where people who practice a religion you don't like can be oppressed and their priests murdered?

Sorry, we overthrew the Taliban or I'd suggest giving Afghanistan a try.

331 posted on 11/22/2004 4:48:00 PM PST by Modernman (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin)
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