[b]JamesRaio wrote:[/b] [quote]Because I really want to help all of you, I will not be angered by so many obvious attempts to defame and mock me.[/quote] Look dude... no offense, but look at the obvious hypocrisy in your statement. 1) You really are angered by the statements made about you or you wouldn\'t have said anything. 2) If you really wanted to help us, I think you\'d have a different title than \"Repent from your lust for violence.\" I mean really, there are better ways to get through to someone than a \'holier than you, REPENT!\' attitude. 3) No one was trying to defame you... we were just stating it as we saw it. [quote] Again, we will know the anti-christ by his fruits. He brings fruits of war. No where is it commanded since the time of Christ that we must act violently. None of the early Christians did. Neither did Jesus nor his martyred apostles. Revelations clearly commands Christians to turn the other cheek. Clearly, this is something anti-christs will not do.[/quote] So like... where\'s the passage about how to deal with people that think they can get to heaven by blowing you and themselves up? [quote] Why boast in how right you are when you have no scripture to support your position?[/quote] umm... did you miss Brandon\'s post or are you just ignoring it? [quote] [b]If anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. [u]This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.[/b][/u]] How can patient endurance possibly mean retaliation within this context? Repent![/quote] Really... repent for what? you don\'t even know me. And... like, I\'m not even old enough to enlist in the army.. so like, really, what am I repenting for? [quote] Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood; wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.<br><br>Post edited by: JamesRaio, at: 2007/10/08 02:56[/quote] lol... what does this have to do with anything? And really, I have no problem with turning the other cheek, loving those who persecute [b]me[/b]. But if someone does something to someone I love and care about, I will retaliate. Plain and simple. Also, is it wrong for a government to fight in wars to defend its citizens? Or should a nations government just roll over and let others kill everyone?