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Is people being violent until they find Jesus a common occurance?

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Is people being violent until they find Jesus a common occurance?
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RE: Is people being violent until they find Jesus a common occurance?
November 11, 2015 at 2:29 am
(November 10, 2015 at 7:21 pm)Chad32 Wrote:
(November 10, 2015 at 7:10 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Just remember:  There are more passages in the Bible where the God character tells people to kill and to hurt others than there are passages about being nice.

It doesn't help that the old testament is about twice as big as the new, and the OT does not portray god as kind to people who don't follow him. Sometimes he's even cruel to his followers.
Jesus said that if people don't follow him that he will throw their butts into the fire.
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RE: Is people being violent until they find Jesus a common occurance? - by Wyrd of Gawd - November 11, 2015 at 2:29 am

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