Posted on 01/18/2015 4:30:55 PM PST by lowbridge
A man was kneeling in prayer before the statue of the revered Madonna, with the photograph of a loved one in hand, in the small chapel of St. Barnabas in Perugia (Italy), when he was attacked by five “immigrants.”
The first thing they did was rip the photo from his hands.
Next they unleashed their hatred against the image of the Virgin Mary. They broke the statue to pieces and then urinated on it.
Don Scarda, pastor of St. Barnabas, said the event was led byfive “foreigners.” By the time police arrived at the chapel, the unidentified attackers had already fled.
The incident has caused a stir among locals. Some have lambasted Pope Francis who is accused of appeasing immigrants—mostly Muslims—to wild extremes. Earlier he had said that “Migrants, through their own humanity, cultural values, expand the sense of human brotherhood.”
Although the Diocese condemned the act of sacrilege against the Madonna statue, it also followed the Pope’s lead by absolving Islam of any responsibility for what happened.
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Jesus commands us to forgive those who trespass against us.
If you wish to claim there’s an exclusion there for our enemies, go right ahead.
“If you wish to claim there’s an exclusion there for our enemies, go right ahead.”
You’ll note I never said that or implied that.
Now, you read the Bible passages on forgiveness and answer the three questions, if you are serious.
In your Post 99, you state there is no explicit command to forgive our enemies, and that it cannot even be inferred.
Find someone else to play your silly word games with; I’m bored with it.
Post 99 is not by me.
I think it is by you.
Post 100.
Yes. Post 100.
Please read it again and you will see it is quite accepting of inference that we may forgive our enemies.
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