News on Pat Robertson's comments

[Catsmeow]

Mona, I agree.

It's our mission to pray for and witness to the lost souls, hoping that they be spared eternal suffering.

I truly wish Brother Robertson would refocus on Christ and the gospel message and leave the commentaries to Bill O'Reilly ... (my favorite on Fox)..

I'm afraid Mr. Robertson's comments were like stepping in 'doo'... Not a pretty sight.

[apothanein kerdos]

whatever happened to "Thou shalt not kill" and "Vengence is mines ,thus says the Lord" ?

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A lot of people were killed for the liberties you enjoy.

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i know that,but i'm pretty sure God doesnt want us to plot murder,we didnt give that man life so we dont have the right to take it.all i'm saying is that we shuld let God deal with it.are you guys suggesting God told that man to suggest murder?i doubt it

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I don't think Pat was told by God to order the killing of Chavez. However, God does plan the killings of people. For instance, look in Judges when one of the judges of Israel stabbed a fat king. It was an assasination of a king, ordered by God.

[NITE OWL]

You know those little fun size Milky Way bars are made down there. Or maybe it's just the wrappers, I'm not sure.

[IslandRose]

You know those little fun size Milky Way bars are made down there. Or maybe it's just the wrappers, I'm not sure.

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Well, that in itself is a crime. Who ever decided that LESS chocolate is "FUN"?????

[NITE OWL]

You know those little fun size Milky Way bars are made down there. Or maybe it's just the wrappers, I'm not sure.

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Well, that in itself is a crime. Who ever decided that LESS chocolate is "FUN"?????

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I can put two of'em in my mouth. Makes me feel like a giant.

[jacob]

whatever happened to "Thou shalt not kill" and "Vengence is mines ,thus says the Lord" ?

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A lot of people were killed for the liberties you enjoy.

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i know that,but i'm pretty sure God doesnt want us to plot murder,we didnt give that man life so we dont have the right to take it.all i'm saying is that we shuld let God deal with it.are you guys suggesting God told that man to suggest murder?i doubt it

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Mona, you have it right but you are going to have an uphill battle if you start using common sense to answer posts here. Some folks have alot of trouble using all the commandments. In the mist of a war the supporters will need answers other than "Love thy neighbor". Maybe it is to simplistic. They will need to quote parts of chapters even whole chapters of the Bible or history books for examples of the justification of their actions and thoughts. Thanks again for your post.

[Guest mona t.]

whatever happened to "Thou shalt not kill" and "Vengence is mines ,thus says the Lord" ?

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A lot of people were killed for the liberties you enjoy.

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i know that,but i'm pretty sure God doesnt want us to plot murder,we didnt give that man life so we dont have the right to take it.all i'm saying is that we shuld let God deal with it.are you guys suggesting God told that man to suggest murder?i doubt it

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Mona, you have it right but you are going to have an uphill battle if you start using common sense to answer posts here. Some folks have alot of trouble using all the commandments. In the mist of a war the supporters will need answers other than "Love thy neighbor". Maybe it is to simplistic. They will need to quote parts of chapters even whole chapters of the Bible or history books for examples of the justification of their actions and thoughts. Thanks again for your post.

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yea i notice that the people here really can quote alotta scripture whcich is good.i try to aviod answering unless i think plain common sense cant answer a question because im not sure i can compete with the amount of bible versus they can find

[Guest yod]

I know you guys are idealistically sold-out to God. I do admire that kind of naivety.

But if you admit to not knowing the scriptures well enough to answer the objections, how dare you imply or assume we don't have a grasp on the intent of the verses you are quoting out of context?

and btw, I had "common" sense before it became supernatural.

We are talking about a God who is not "one" way;

He can be vengeful and creative at the same time

He can be destructive and merciful at the same time

He can be angry and yet be pure love at the same time.

Don't think you can limit him to a pacifist view unless you know how to weild ALL of His Word like a sharp 2 edged sword.

We don't have to agree on everything here but we should be able to give a thorough answer for why we believe what we do....

Either that or allow for the possibility that we "might" not know what we're talking about yet.

[Guest LittleChristian]

whatever happened to "Thou shalt not kill" and "Vengence is mines ,thus says the Lord" ?

The same God who said the also commanded the people to put people to death - i.e. Jericho.

And have you noticed that of all the people King David killed in his life, only one, Uriah, was considered a murder?

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Yes, but remember that the people of Jericho were handed over to the Israelites by God, and so were all those armies that David slew...It's one thing when God empowers His people, and quite another when people take justice into their own hands.

[nebula]

Are you familiar with the passages in the prophets were it is revealed that the Lord will use one naion to judge another?

For instance, Isaiah 36:26 - "Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you [Assyria] should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.

Thr king of Assyria was never told, "Thus saith the Lord" - but it was the Lord that sent him out to destroy.

As Yod said, we can't limit God to our "molds" of His character. His ways are beyond ours. To define the Lord by the modern-day view of "pacifism" is like creating an idol of our image of Him, and not who He really is.