You are perhaps mixing the Old Testament with the New. The Old Testament is primarily about the history of the Jewish people, and it is quite bloody and brutal. The New Testament is about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, and His teachings supersede the laws of the Old Testament.
I suspect that nobody is looking anything up. So, here are a few quotes to make it easy: (New King James version) Jesus: You have heard it said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy". But, I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your father in heaven... Matthew 5:43 Jesus: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment, and the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as your self. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." These commands are not easy to do. Down thru the ages there have been people falsely calling themselves Christians who have never gotten anywhere near these commandments, and they have given Christianity a bad name among many. But I can assure you that a radically saved born again Christian is a really great person to have for a neighbor unless you fear being killed with kindness. You may wonder how good of a Christian I am? Well, I am not as good as I need to be, but I am trying. Bible prophesy, which has a habit of coming true, indicates that at the end of the age there will be a one world religion that will punish Christian believers, who refuse to deny Jesus, with execution by beheading. Read: Revelation 20: 4 I ask, "Is there any major religion on the fast track to world domination that hates the concept of Jesus as God, and that punishes infidels with beheading?" It would seem to benefit most of us to postpone the arrival of that religious system as long as possible. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Harry Veeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:09 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: RE: RE: [Vo]:Colin Powell and Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan The same argument applies to Christains with respect to certain passages in their bible. Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008 10:20 pm Subject: RE: RE: [Vo]:Colin Powell and Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan > If good Muslims kill all non-muslims why have > Jews been living in their cities for over a millennium? > > Because most Muslims are not living their religion by the book! > Only what > we refer to as the extremists behave that way. Most Muslims show > much more > kindness than that. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Veeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 9:47 PM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: RE: [Vo]:Colin Powell and Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan > > If good Muslims kill all non-muslims why have > Jews been living in their cities for over a millennium? > > Harry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008 9:33 pm > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Colin Powell and Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan > > > Good Christians, living their faith by the book, love their > > enemies. Good > > Muslims, living their faith by the book, kill their enemies which > > includeall non Muslims. Don't take my word for it. Look it up. > > > > The people on this list are technically brilliant, but in some other > > important areas, the ignorance is astounding. > > > > Jeff > >
