On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 07:18:40AM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > > Any Christian who turns his back on someone else who is greatly in need > of being protected, in any way, is not following the teachings of the > Bible. No Christian should be a namby pamby, I cannot physically defend > anyone because I'm a pacifist. If they are they most certainly are not > following the example set by Jesus and the patriarchs of old. > Agreed. Many people do not realize that pacifism is in fact unscriptural.
> David used to pray and ask for help before battles and God would give > him the strategies he used in the battles to defeat Isreal's enemies. > If warfare was against the principles of the Bible then God would have > never helped David in war. It would have been against His very nature > and His own commandments. > Excellent point. > Also, very few people realize that the very first recorded war was > fought in heaven, not on earth. The devil rebelled against the > government of God along with 1/3 of the angels and it took open warfare > to kick him out of heaven. The Bible specifically mentions this war. > That is found in Revelation 12:7. The Bible also says God makes war. > That is found in Revelation 19:11. > > The Bible defends goodness, justice, right, etc... and realizes that in > an imperfect world that there are those who will refuse to honor those > principles, and that war is sometimes necessary so that innocent people > may live and tyrants and evil may be stopped from harming more people. > That lesson is taught throughout the Bible. > > War is rarely just, but there are just wars. > Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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