Most Christian don’t like the idea of a mortal man thinking he know how to implement God’s “solution” for the affairs of man.
I suspect, like most people, they would take up arms at the first sign of fallibility. Or deviation from their own doctrine.
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Wrong. The entire New Testament is a testimony of how mortal man should conduct his life in a manner that will implement God’s will for mankind. It is because of people who NEGLECT to do God’s will that the world has been rightly referred to as “this vale of tears”!
So, let’s say Im in charge of the CIA and after much prayer I decide to effect God’s will in the affairs of man.
And I decide that means supporting the jihadi head choppers to get rid of Assad in Syria. Because obviously Assad is a greater evil, as conveyed by MY interpretation of the Bible.
Are you OK with that?
What if I decided Putin was so ungodly and evil that the US population and politicians had to be convinced that war with Russia was the only Christian thing to do and then undertook a propaganda campaign along those lines.
Still OK, or are you going to tell me that can’t happen because of checks and balances.
No thanks. I’ll be my own check on such nonsense and make an enemy of anyone who endeavors for such arrangement.
Most Christian don’t like the idea of a mortal man thinking he know how to implement God’s “solution” for the affairs of man.
I suspect, like most people, they would take up arms at the first sign of fallibility. Or deviation from their own doctrine.
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Wrong. The entire New Testament is a testimony of how mortal man should conduct his life in a manner that will implement God’s will for mankind. It is because of people who NEGLECT to do God’s will that the world has been rightly referred to as “this vale of tears”!
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I think you missed Mariner’s point. You are speaking from the standpoint of true believer. Most Christians, including me, believe that what he said was the same as if a muslim said the same thing about islam. It’s not for the leader of the Republic to determine God’s will.