You had a double post at 304 and 305 starting out : “You realize that you simply keep repeating yourself, right?” and ending “So instead of dumbly repeating…”
I had to comment ‘cause like the man said “That’s funny, I don’t care who you are.”
(No offense intended by any of the above, it just struck me as humorous.)
I almost commented on your Post 296 statement to tpaine: “If you insist on violating his rights, he has the right to defend himself using deadly force, and I hope he does.”
That caught my eye because the “…and I hope he does” seems to conflict with the “I'm a Bible-believing Christian…” from your home page. But you don’t need to explain it unless you feel the need to practice an explanation you might need to give in the future.
The "hope he does" was rhetorical (which of course explains everything!). I can prove from scripture that God respects the right to defend self and property. However, Christ in the sermon on the mount apparently commands his followers to waive that right voluntarily. Whether that's a correct interpretation of Matt 5 is subject to some debate, and I have not come to a final conclusion for myself.
The closest I can come at the moment is to suggest that I would not use force to defend myself or my property, but would to defend my wife, child, or another innocent. I almost believe that's consistent with my calling; to the extent that I doubt it, self-honesty forces me to admit that I'd rather grapple with my beliefs standing over the attacker's grave than over my son's.