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RE: A question to Christians
October 25, 2011 at 10:39 am
The chasm between a little bad and alot of bad is pretty wide. Petty larceny or Jeff D. I'd expect a cosmic superbeing to have a pretty firm grasp on this concept. Down here we may say "kill em all and let god sort them" but how hellish would it be if your demigod was on high saying essentially the same thing with no god to appeal to above itself. After all, you can steal a candy bar or eat people, wtf is the difference? Apparently, nothing.
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RE: A question to Christians
October 25, 2011 at 3:37 pm
(October 24, 2011 at 11:11 am)Justtristo Wrote: Jeffery Dahmer before his death became a born again Christian, in that he professed Jesus Christ as his lord and savior. Also I assumed he repented of the sins he had committed.
As I see it regardless of his past actions and according to Christian doctrine. Jeffery Dahmer is now in heaven because of the actions I mentioned above he did before he died, which made him righteous in the eyes of god.
I am asking do this find this disturbing in any way whatsoever. I do admit if I were a Christian, I would not be troubled by it at all. Because I would praise god being glorified by saving these people and it would give me great hope that whatever sins I have committed, as long as I repent of them I can be assured of going into heaven.
On my twitter page there was a quote by CS Lewis, "To be Christian is to forgive the inexcuseable, because God forgave the inexcuseable in us."
The Lord knows if he's serious or not.
"And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." Hebrews 11:6
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RE: A question to Christians
October 25, 2011 at 4:28 pm
I'm not convinced that this is sound advice Salty. Actually that's an understatement, it isn't sound advice.
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RE: A question to Christians
October 25, 2011 at 4:36 pm
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It's what we in the western world hang 'civility' on.
Another one: "Evil comes from the abuse of free will." C.S.Lewis
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RE: A question to Christians
October 25, 2011 at 4:47 pm
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I can quote CS Lewis too, sometimes he got it right.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
Sums god and christian morality shit up to a T.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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