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1 | The culture war | Luke 17:3 | Pete2 | 120967 | ||
I was raised as a Christian. When I did extensive fasting, I was seeking truth. In order to do that, I had to discard all and start over. Everyone on this site would find this statement as untrue but me and that is... I do not see God as the only logical conclusion. In fact, I see no logical conclusion.. but I do see the morality in the bible as haveing a proven track record and I can also see why others fail... Having said that, I also see weaknesses in the bible, but most of them have to do with erroring on the side of passiveness. It seems that CHristians are looseing most of the battles in the Culture War... So much so, I do not believe that getting back what was once had, is no longer achievable. Having said that, I also believe that the more battles they loose, the stronger their conviction. Having said that, looking at the bible, I do not see what weapons they have for the Culture War. Treating people nice does not create nice people, it just makes happy "evil" people. |
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2 | The culture war | Luke 17:3 | Sir Pent | 120980 | ||
A different perspective.............................................. Hi Pete2, You seem to think that Christians cannot win the culture war due to their desire to "turn the other cheek". You seem to think that being kind cannot stop evil. However, there are many examples in history where just the opposite is true. For instance, there is the story of Telemechus the monk. His peaceful protest of the gladiator contests in ancient Rome stopped the killing there forever. This is recorded in the writings of Theodoret (http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/npnf203/htm/iv.viii.v.xxv.htm) I can relate to your personal experience of being raised in a Christian home but coming to a point of having to start over with a clean slate (tabula rasa) to determine what you believe. Perhaps you would be interested in reading how I started from scratch and found Christianity to be the only logical choice. Just type the number 22206 into the "Quick Search" box at the top right corner of the screen. |
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3 | The culture war | Luke 17:3 | Pete2 | 121006 | ||
I appreciate your invitation, but I will respectfully refuse. And please don't be offended by that, but I feel fine where I am at. Turning the other cheek? No, I do not believe it works. Has it ever worked? Probably, but not usually. I was always the smallest kid in the class growing up. Being nice to bullies was tried 100 times and failed every single time. You know what worked? I smacked a few back. That works every time. An evil aggressor will not head to strength, they head to weakness. They show amazing cowardess around strength. In the Culture War, there are people that care about their reputation, cooperating with evil ideas.... We are looseing the culture war because we are a no show in most cases. Pete2 |
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4 | Pete, What or who do you worship? | Luke 17:3 | Emmaus | 121010 | ||
Pete, The root word of culture is cult. Culture is rooted in what people worship. Our culture currently worships something other than God. It find it interesting that you say "we" are loosing the culture war. That presumes a common cult. But do "we" really have a common cult? What or who do you worship? Emmaus |
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5 | Pete, What or who do you worship? | Luke 17:3 | Pete2 | 121064 | ||
I don't worship. I do support biblical morality. I will trust you on your definitions. What I am saying is our country is in the final stages of decay and most good people, as long as their air conditioner works, heater works, food on the table.. It appears ok. I am not an author. Those who are word smiths can work out the verbage used. The verbage that is universally used is culture war. I am ok with that. |
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