Posted on 08/02/2006 3:16:20 AM PDT by aerotsmith
Israel's air attack on Qana on July 30 resulted in the death of 37 children.
Hezbelloh has been accused on using civilians, including children, as human shields. The Israeli government claims that the death of innocent children was a "tragic mistake."
Regardless of the underlying facts, 37 precious children are dead. Victims of non-ending war in the Middle East.
Media images of those dead and mutilated children are haunting reminders of the horror of war and the carnage visited upon the most innocent and vulnerable among us.
Seeing dead and suffering children also brings to mind the stern warning issued by Jesus in Matthew 18: 6:
'But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.'
Jesus made no allowances for 'Collateral Damage' or 'Tragic Mistakes,' all too common during a bloody war.
The millstone would appear to apply to all who harm His 'Little Ones.'
However, although Jesus made no mention of intent, one can safely assume that the darkest, most punishing, corners of hell are reserved for those who deliberately use innocent children to wage war by using their young bodies as weapons of mass destruction.
Indeed, deliberately forcing a child to strap explosives to his or her body as a suicide bomber just to kill civilians, including other innocent children, is beyond comprehension.
Such barbaric behavior must surely be far more grievous than being party to an act of war in which children are mistakenly, and unintentionally, harmed.
Nearly 2000 years after Jesus, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Mier remarked that peace will be realized in the Middle East at such time as Muslim Arabs love their children more than they hate the Israelis.
Unfortunately, that day has not yet arrived.
Man's inhumanity toward man continues unabated, including unspeakable offenses against the world's 'Little Ones.'
Woe be unto those!
Thank you mrsmel.
"What total unadulterated crap! IT MOST CERTAINLY GOES TO MOTIVE, HE LOOKS AT THE HEART! This sounds like goofball theology from some liberal denomination or peace group"
So, there is a missing scripture where Jesus says:
My previous warnings about offending Little Ones is unadulterated crap! If you have a good heart, be my guest---kill all the children who get in the way!
Sick!
One day, some unknown imams turned up in the village. They called the whole population to the plaza in front of the police station, and they announced that they came with good news from Imam Khomeini: The Islamic Army of Iran had been chosen to liberate the holy city Al Quds--Jerusalem--from the infidels. ... The local mullah had decided that every family with children would have to furnish one soldier of God. Because Hossein was the most easily expendable for his family, and because, in light of his illness, he could in any case not expect much happiness in this life, he was chosen by his father to represent the family in the struggle against the infidel devils.Der Spiegel as quoted at http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20060424&s=kuntzel042406Of the 20 children that went into battle with Hossein, only he and two others survived.
I can agree with that.But the solution is for the international community to work up some indignation at the terrorists for doing it,not at Israel for defending their children from the rockets. And Israel is not in a position to do nothing"
Agreed. Suggested nothing counter to that.
Thought I waw pretty clear that those who actually use their offspring as suicide bombers will be assigned to a special and awful part of hell.
Right. You shouldn't kill kids. The people who killed these kids are the Hezbians. They are the ones who uses them as human shields; the blood is on their hands.
STUPID rant !!!!
Israel did not kill those children, the heathen scum terroist put them in harms way like the cowards that they are...it is the terrorist who will have the mill stone around their necks.
... and he's right.
But without the word Muslim, the statement would be incorrect.
So just what does Israel do in response to rockets being launched at their children from the midst of civilians by Hizbollah terrorists,if they can't stop those rockets by returning fire to destroy the rockets?"
What do YOU think Jesus would say in response to you question?
STUPID rant !!!! "
Agreed! Why did YOU post such idiotic drivel???
I believe you. I have no argument with you.But you don't have one with me,either-it wasn't my line,it was from the OP.
When these people start quoting the Bible,I wonder why they've never happened to see the part about the woe that will befall those who turn against Israel?"
So........its OK to kill children as long as one is not assaulting Israel???? That is how you think Jesus would preach??
SICK!
Wonder how Jesus feels about people using His name to attack His people to further their own political agenda?
Just making a point. We see that way too much lately.
It's the Death Cult that's the enemy, not a certain people.
Jews were defamed and massacred in Europe so many times in the name of Jesus"
So who is defaming Jews?? The tragic mistake quote comes from the Israeli military----their words.
As to collateral damage and tragic mistakes exclusions, I checked the entire Bible again. Not there@
I believe that this is one of those cases where Jesus would consider this something to be rendered to Caesar,as being Caesar's.
Those who want to misuse scripture almost always take ONE ISOLATED VERSE to build an entire phony doctrine upon"
Misuse? Isolated verse? Phony doctrine?
Switch to decaff, pal. Or ask you doc to triple your Prozac dose!
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