Jim, I believe survival trumps all. Even our strong doctrinal beliefs. Sometimes you have to go outside the system to save the system. Lady Liberty can't lift herself up by her own bootstraps....
Do you think that unless Rudy is elected president we will not survive?
Yep, sometimes you have to destroy the village to save it, eh?
Thank you for the ping, Spirit, and thank you, Mr. Robinson, for another good thread and discussion.
Mia, I choose your post to quote because it seems to me it epitomizes the spirit of this age, something I saw very clearly personified in my personal Bible study this morning - results on my homepage to any who are interested.
The spirit of this age is like that in the camp of Israel just prior to entering the promised land - division in the camp.
Ten spies were sent out from the camp, up into the land to check out what lay ahead, and the ten came back with two differing reports based upon the same evidence - one was favorable and encouraging, but only 2 of the 10 promoted that view; the other report was very discouraging and recommended return to Egypt where the people had been safe and well fed and protected by good masters.
The way the camp lined up under belief in those two reports determined God's choice in who would go up to take the land and who would die in the wilderness.
I'm following Joshua; I'm as bold as Caleb.