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    Be merciful.

    The bear that ripped apart the children who called out "baldy head" to Elijah were disproportionately punished weren't they?
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    Be merciful.

    It is interesting to me how much of the bible gets relegated to irrelevance for various issues. This issue - war time actions and personal self defence - is only one case of irrelevance blanketing some of what Jesus said about personal conduct as a Christian, Economics is another case where what...
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    Be merciful.

    The USA didn't go to war until 1941/2 after Japan attacked the naval base at Pearl harbour. Until then the USA didn't want to go to war though the president probably did. So it looks like both yes and no are the answers that the USA gave until the attack. Of course it all happened before I was...
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    Be merciful.

    I see, does that mean that sometimes it is right to be gentle and take it on one cheek by offering the other also and at other times it is right to be vengeful and take it on the cheek by offering a sword blade through the abs?
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    Be merciful.

    So biblical passages like the ones posted in the first post are just fluff to be ignored?
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    Be merciful.

    Luke 6:27-36 "But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 30...
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    Experiment.

    Okay.
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    Thinking about Noah's ark

    The reply is to the bold underlined green text in the post quoted above. What MonnoSota offered appears to be allusions to biblical texts so we can dispose of the idea that it is original immediately. Proceeding from there we may notice that the second choice suggests that God exists God...
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    Experiment.

    Psalms 91, believing the Word of God is believing Jesus and I most certainly do that.
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    Experiment.

    Are you asking if I believe that holy scripture teaches that genocide, rape, infanticide, and global destruction is acceptable, even from an angry God? Is "God is Love" still a coherent statement when God is alleged to command genocide, rape, infanticide? Holy scripture does tell the truth...
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    Experiment.

    Why? Paul wrote pastoral letters. Are you sure that they teach exact scientific, moral, and theological truths? Some are. Many are not.
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    Thinking about Noah's ark

    Fresh water fish would not survive a salt water sea. and salt water fish would not survive a fresh water sea. Some fish would die.
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    Experiment.

    It wasn't men that were killed it was all human beings, babies, adults, male, and female, old and young, disabled and able, sick and healthy every last one except for eight and those eight were all Noah's family by blood or marriage. It sounds so clean and just and orderly to kill only evil men...
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    Experiment.

    I like to think that God is better than "us". That his love is more constant, more forgiving, more generous, more passionate, more comforting, more loving. Don't you? Being "holy" and "other" isn't code for mean and nasty under the guise of justice and holiness. God's ways being above Israel's...
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    Experiment.

    I was trying to let saint Paul give the operative definition that is why I quoted his praise of love from 1 Corinthians 13.
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    Experiment.

    Or I think that maybe what is written in the bible need not be taken as literally as some folk want to take it. There are many other possible views so the two that you offered are just two in a crowd and - in my opinion - not the best.
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    Experiment.

    Is saint Paul's definition okay? Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things...
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    2020: Polls Already Busy!

    It isn't likely to be repealed now, not with a Democrat controlled house.
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    2020: Polls Already Busy!

    After two years in control of the presidency, the house, and the senate Republicans did not manage to "repeal" the Affordable Care Act nor did they come up with a replacement for it. Whatever faults it is alleged to have it is evident that Republicans could not correct them even when they had...
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    Are Catholics boring catechists?

    Your sort of know me :)
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