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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (11953)	5/31/2008 6:49:08 PM
From: Stan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

My statement concerned only radical Christians who seek to change America into a theocracy; not whether it was proper for America to wage war against a foreign enemy. Defense is a God-ordained right of governments, perfectly in line with true Christian beliefs. Romans 13 tells us that: "For he (the government) is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. This "bearing of the sword to execute wrath" was for governments against both their domestic and foreign enemies. Turning the other cheek had to do with a believer in Christ being insulted personally; it was not about an army refusing to defend the nation against aggressors. As to the right cheek thing: If you are standing in front of someone and you're struck on the right cheek by him, you were just hit with a back handed slap, not a punch, because most people are right-handed. Therefore, it is an insult. When the apostles were mistreated for proclaiming the Resurrected Christ, they did not retaliate with force, for that was forbidden to them in the conduct of their ministry. When faced with death or other serious mistreatment, they were commanded to flee it, if possible. This is what the New Testament apostles did throughout Acts. The promise of the meek inheriting the earth is not for this age at all.