-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/07/07 11:15, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:08:30AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/07/07 10:49, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 09:13:06PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >>>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >>>> >> [snip] >>> idiotic statements, like "the whole country should turn the other cheek" >>> when that is not how it is supposed to work, even in the Bible. >> But this is a Christian Nation, correct? >> > Yes. But if you had actually read I wrote, you would know that turning > the other cheek was a specific instruction to individuals by Jesus. > That is first of all. Second of all, smiting on the cheek, which is > what Jesus was referring to, was an act of disrespect, not an act of > violence. Thirdly, Paul outlines the guidelines for government. > Governmnet is not the individual is not government. It is the job of > government to protect the people. Occasionally that means defending the > country and killing other people in the process. This is perfectly in > harmony with what the Bible teaches.
"Of the people, by the people, for the people." > > Regards, > > -Roberto > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF7vZzS9HxQb37XmcRAoubAJ9o5IXwG4M461nQyF2kVggWGP+ZDgCeJY10 9vX+FUi9c8J8r/cmCyV1hos= =6pzn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]