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To: NRA2BFree
I disagree. Have you ever read the Bible? There are lots of stories how God, Himself went ahead of the Jews into battle. He told them repeatedly to slay the enemy.

Are you a Jew? Is America really Israel? Is Pat Robertson God or one of his anointed Prophets? Is this really 2,000 B.C. Judea? Is Venezuela really ancient Egypt and is Hugo Chavez really Goliath?

These historical chronicles of ancient wars are not meant to be some sort of marching orders to all Christians to strike down whoever they feel are their enemies.
235 posted on 08/22/2005 8:41:42 PM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: Conservative til I die
If you are Christian, then you are Jewish! You have been grafted in or "adopted" into the family of God. God said "Thou shalt not Shed innocent blood" or Thou shalt not murder". There is a difference in murder and killing. The unfortunate translation of the commandment has ruined many Christians interpretations about what God would have them do. This is the age old debate over abortion and capital punishment. Unborn babies cannot be more innocent than they are, but convicted murderers are the quintessential "non innocent". It is not inconsistent for me to want capital punishment for murderer's( Chavez) and not to kill babies.

God killed millions in Sodom and Gomorrah and in the flood he probably killed billions of men, women, and children,(and fuzzy little animals for the Peta people here). One of the hardest things for pseudo Christians to fathom is God killed millions and sanctioned the killing of millions by the Jews in the Bible. This has always been us against them and will be till the final battle. One should decide early on if you are an "us" or a "them". Self defense is a God given right just as you wouldn't hesitate to kill an intruder into your home, God doesn't condemn the killing of murderous despots. When Saddam get the hangman's noose, are we supposed to give him mercy because we are Christians? We put him there.

I think the problem here is most people here have been conditioned to have a knee jerk reaction to the name "Pat Robertson". You want him to be a kook, so the venom starts at the sound of his name. I seem to remember awhile back he was quoted as saying "God told him Bush would be re elected". I remember the hoots and hollering then. Well, he was re elected and there was no apology to Pat. I don't care for everything Pat says either, but he is at least as Christian as the pope.

245 posted on 08/22/2005 9:56:52 PM PDT by chuckles
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