The deeper meaning to Jesus' teaching "love your enemies" is, of course "Have no enemies". By loving an enemy, they cease to be enemies. Thus when you have enemies within your own heart, you are not abiding by the teachings of Jesus.
Damn MBL, that's about the most christian thing anyone has said on this entire thread. And it sounds way more authentically christian, than Dixie's "shock and awe" bombing of iraq, and his love of war and war mongering.
Again....you are so wrapped around WORDS and not WORKS..... it's all about talking the talk with you.... and with me, it's not about talking the talk at all...but all about walking the walk.
Well, no, the way I see it, YOU are the one wrapped up in words. You can arrogantly ignore what Jesus said about not boasting of your works, and tell us all what you do in the Church, and how you live your life as a good Christian, and lie about how you speak in a manner consistent with Jesus' teaching, but when it comes to standing up for the innocent life inside the womb, all you feel the need to do, is say that it "concerns" you, and that is it. As long as you utter those words of concern, you think nothing of continuing to support the liberal agenda of abortion rights, and never bat an eye. Your priorities in life, seem to be... 1. Maineman... 2. Liberalism... 3. The Democrat Party... 4. Abortion Rights... 5. God and Christ. And I am giving you the benefit of the doubt on that, in actuality, there are probably a number of liberal issues that come before your faith.
I will continue to pray for God to weigh heavy on your heart about what has been said in this thread, because I realize that you are not like many ignorant people of the world, you know that a fetus is a living human with a soul, and you understand it is wrong in the eyes of God. People who are ignorant, who think that fetuses are not human or not alive, they know no better, and God will probably forgive their stupidity, but he will not forgive you.
Why because a "child"'s father is a rapist should it be legal to "kill" that child. No answer yet, you just keep saying its justifyable... I am asking what is the justification?
yes Beefy, hatred is like an acid that consumes the person that holds it inside.
My mother used to say...
"Anger is an acid that consumes the vessle that holds it."
Why because a "child"'s father is a rapist should it be legal to "kill" that child.
I never said that I believed it should be legal. If it were up to me personally, there would be no legal abortion under any circumstance. If any abortion occurred for any reason, it would be a crime of murder, punishable by death, preferably stoning, as God mandated in the Old Testament.
That said, we do not live in a society where Dixie is the King, and Dixie gets to mandate the law of the land. Aren't you glad for that? In any event, I understand that we live in a society where people think and believe differently, and have different parameters regarding morality and life. Because I am willing to participate in this sharing of views and opinions we call democracy, I can be tolerant enough to listen to others and accept their viewpoints in some instances, with regard to certain circumstances.
I don't agree or condone abortion under any circumstance, however, a woman who becomes pregnant through no fault or action of her own, deserves to have the right to a different view than myself, and I understand it. That is all I am saying, and nothing more. You are trying desperately, to twist my view into some hypocritical acceptance of abortion under certain conditions, and I have not articulated that point of view. This is why I have refused to respond further to you, because you aren't interested in a reasonable discussion, you just want to stick it to Dixie.
Now, I have answered your question yet again, and you are about one post away from going back on the ignore list, if you can't grow up and join the adults in a reasonable dialogue. Understood?
What makes you think that he doesn't? However there are many more in the GOP that won't let that one stick.