Muslims behead three Christian schoolgirls

[5stringJeff]

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[archangel]

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GOP Jeff!...my sentiments exactly!

 

[Hagbard Celine]

GOP Jeff!...my sentiments exactly!

Haha! Is there a brown-nose emoticon? What's this thread about again?

 

[dilloduck]

Some would argue that violence is not required to be your brothers' keeper.

True--just curious how far people are willing to turn the other cheek and be Christian while their family and friends are being killed.

 

[The ClayTaurus]

True--just curious how far people are willing to turn the other cheek and be Christian while their family and friends are being killed.

It is certainly a dilemna.

 

[5stringJeff]

True--just curious how far people are willing to turn the other cheek and be Christian while their family and friends are being killed.

Self defense, or defense of the defenseless (women and children), is one thing, and is almost universally accepted as a justification for violence, etc. But it would be unacceptable to, for example, behead three random Muslim schoolgirls in retribution.

 

[dilloduck]

Self defense, or defense of the defenseless (women and children), is one thing, and is almost universally accepted as a justification for violence, etc. But it would be unacceptable to, for example, behead three random Muslim schoolgirls in retribution.

Universally or Biblically accepted?

 

[5stringJeff]

Universally or Biblically accepted?

It's accepted by every Christian ethicist I've ever read.

 

[dilloduck]

It's accepted by every Christian ethicist I've ever read.

Thanks--I never heard any verses quoted on it so I was always a bit curious.

 

[rtwngAvngr]

It is certainly a dilemna.

No. It's not a dilemma. the answer is zero amount of cheek should be turned while our families and children are getting killed. IS this really a dilemma for you? Lib to the bone.

 

[The ClayTaurus]

No. It's not a dilemma. the answer is zero amount of cheek should be turned while our families and children are getting killed. IS this really a dilemma for you? Lib to the bone.

It's a dilemma from a Christain point of view, not a state point of view.

 

[Hobbit]

It's a dilemma from a Christain point of view, not a state point of view.

The Bible commands us to protect the weak and the innocent. Even Jesus went into the temple and overturned a bunch of tables when the moneychangers were using the worshippers for profit. It also says that when he comes back, it's going to be a rather violent entrance, as he'll be entering on a while horse with an army at his back. Now, I don't have much of a problem with turning my own cheek, but I'm not going to bear someone else's neck to the wolves just because I don't like the idea of killing someone to save a life.

 

[The ClayTaurus]

The Bible commands us to protect the weak and the innocent. Even Jesus went into the temple and overturned a bunch of tables when the moneychangers were using the worshippers for profit. It also says that when he comes back, it's going to be a rather violent entrance, as he'll be entering on a while horse with an army at his back. Now, I don't have much of a problem with turning my own cheek, but I'm not going to bear someone else's neck to the wolves just because I don't like the idea of killing someone to save a life.

That's your Christian view on things. There are pacifist Christians as well, and justifying the killing of other people in the name of righteousness and self-protection is a difficult call for some to make, being that they're not God. It all comes down how much as a Christian you are willing to gamble on. Do you get spared if you kill an innocent while killing someone who's guilty? You obviously think it's a safe bet, but others are not so sure. Other's feel more comfortable in leaving things, as Jeff said, in the hands of God.

As with anything, it depends on your interpretation, but it can not be said that war is the Christian way of thinking, as Christians are fairly divided over it. It might be Christian to some, but not to others. Just like Robertson advocating for the murder of Chavez was Christian to some and not Christian to others.