FieryOpal
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But of course there are no secular authorities, atheistic or antitheistic regimes which oppress their peoples or those in occupied territories. North Korea is the epitome of humanitarianism, for example. NOT. quote:
ORIGINAL: Arturas quote:
ORIGINAL: Marc2B We have seen what happens when Christians have authority - torture, executions, laws restricting speech and other freedoms. It was the advent of secular authority that put an end to such atrocities. Rather than serve as a lame excuse to roll over and allow the Christians to trample us, We are talking about the Christians who go to church twice a week and eat out as families each Sunday after church. These are the ones who invite you to church but don't cut your head off if you don't attend. And they race each other to the favorite restaurants after church. They also support the poor and spend money on bringing education and medical care to those in need here and overseas. I'm not sure why you feel so threatened by these people since they really hurt no one. I think you have a lot of anger and hate in your post which distorts your view of things as they really are. Since I haven't gotten a straight answer yet to my previous post, I'll add to the current discussion, to which I shall preface that I am not against all Muslims. Half of them are females who had no choice in their lineage or whom their birth parents were. Those who are law-abiding citizens who just want to be left alone to raise their families and run their small businesses, who don't support terrorism and are not aiding & abetting terrorist cells/groups must outnumber those who do, I would imagine. See this as an allegorical fable or ancient legend if you must, but God would have spared the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah for 10 righteous men...but 10 righteous men were nowhere to be found within those city gates. Organized Christian mercy ministries aside (The Salvation Army, those of various denominations), when I volunteered for many years at a local Food Bank, plus helped to kick off and run the Clothing Bank, this was run by one non-denominational Protestant pastor, his wife, daughter and son-in-law in a cramped, little churchhouse whose congregation numbered perhaps a dozen parishioners. We welcomed anyone and everyone in need who graced our doors. Our testimony was not in words (other than to say "God bless you"), but we would pray for anybody WHO REQUESTED it -- our testimony to Christ was in our deeds. But more than that, it was out of the goodness of our hearts that we did not want to see our neighbors and our neighbors' children go without the basics, so we did our part in easing this burden of suffering. As Arturas has countered, please do not paint all Christians with as broad a damning paintbrush as you would not wish for us to do with non-Christians.
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu There is no remedy for love but to love more. - Thoreau
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