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1 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Martha | 24414 | ||
If the Germans had believed in Christ and known his point of views. World War II would have never started. This is an evil world and will not end until every single person knows Christ, and they will. You will see it, just as well as I will, war will not be needed any longer. We will have one King and ruler only, Christ, our Lord and Savior. | ||||||
2 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Hank | 24431 | ||
Martha, thank you for your response. I can agree with you, at least in part, that had the Germans (especially the Nazi leaders) been Christian, WWII might have been averted or, at any rate, ameliorated. (There were other Axis powers, other than Germany). But the reality is that our country fought, fought hard and long, not because we were looking for someone to kill, but because we had to oppose the evil regimes that threatened our very existence as a free people...... Now we are engaged in a great crucible on another front with enemies who do not know Christ either. The people and the theater of operations are different, yet the principle is still the same. We are opposing the evils and terror being perpetrated against us as a free nation and indeed against the civilized world. Personally I have far more gripping pangs of conscience by sitting idly by and enjoying the blessings of freedom than I have in taking up arms to defend it. --Hank | ||||||
3 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Sir Pent | 24440 | ||
Contrary view ................................. Dear Hank, I don't want to pick on you, because it seems like many people are saying the same thing you are. I'm just responding to this post, because it's the last one I read. I'm a little tired of everybody talking so much about freedom. Yeah, it's great that we live in a country that has it, but is it really worth killing people over. I'm glad that I can say what I want, and go to a church building in broad daylight, and get as many groceries as I can afford at Wal-Mart. However, none of these things are really necessary. None of them are INHO worth killing someone to hold onto. If I were punished for my speaking, so be it. If I couldn't get anything at Wal-Mart, God would provide. And if I could go to a church building in broad daylight, I could meet in my house at night. If I was caught and killed, so be it. I do not fear those who can kill my body. What I'm trying to say is that in America, we have overvalued freedom and personal rights. This is partly to blame for why our society is so selfish and is falling apart. But it is also why so many good people are confused into thinking that they should kill people just to hold onto those things. It makes me a little upset, and I've been in kind of a bad mood today anyway. So I better leave things for today and come back tommorrow, when I can live up to my name and keep things "Pent" up better. |
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4 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Hank | 24449 | ||
Sir Pent, if those freedoms which you mentioned, that now you may not think you prize so highly, we stripped from you, it is my considered guess that very soon you would be whistling a different tune..... I think you wrong in your observation that civil freedoms are partly responsible for our country's "falling apart." Moral and spiritual ills, not civil freedoms, are the more likely culprits, don't you think?..... And fret not thyself about "picking on" me! If I were unable to defend my views with some semblance of rationality and scriptural foundation, I should not post on this forum. --Hank | ||||||
5 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Sir Pent | 24622 | ||
Personal Note .................................. Dear Hank, I'm feeling better today, and want to once again say that I am not trying to pick on you. I know that you can handle it, and you consistently contribute excellently to this forum. I was a little testy yesturday, and that affected my outlook. As for this particular thread (by the way, why is it being blocked from appearing on the homepage?), I wholeheartedly agree with you that the spiritual lostness of our society is the root cause of all problems. At the same time, I think that individuals have demanded their personal rights and freedoms to the detriment of the society and world as a whole. Don't you agree my friend? |
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6 | How do we open eyes to truth? | Deut 7:2 | Hank | 24634 | ||
Sir, I'm happy you're feeling better today! Yes, certainly I do agree with you that certain individuals and groups have made unreasonable demands, citing "civil rights" or "minority bashing" and things of that sort. There are certain groups who seem to feel that they deserve special treatment and special laws over and above what the remainder of our citizens are accorded. I think you get the drift....... As to the restricted thread, I would guess that the people at Lockman saw some things in it which they felt violated their terms of usage. Sir Pent, my sincere apology to you if any of my remarks to you of yesterday were barbed or unkind. Your brother in Christ, --Hank | ||||||