http://toddhdow.org/2007/07/30/what-are-we-fighting-for-i/ Thoughts, opinions and various writings Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://toddhdow.org/2007/07/30/what-are-we-fighting-for-i/#comment-1872 self defense tactics Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:58:36 +0000 http://toddhdow.org/2007/07/30/what-are-we-fighting-for-i/#comment-1872 Excellent site, I have learned more through this site than I have through months of reading elsewhere Excellent site, I have learned more through this site than I have through months of reading elsewhere

]]> http://toddhdow.org/2007/07/30/what-are-we-fighting-for-i/#comment-46 michael Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:05:02 +0000 http://toddhdow.org/2007/07/30/what-are-we-fighting-for-i/#comment-46 It is impossible to strive for peace while maintaining rigid dogma that condemns anyone who doesn't fervently believe in it. As long as your religion exists to divide you from 'unbelievers', you can never achieve true unity. It is impossible to strive for peace while maintaining rigid dogma that condemns anyone who doesn’t fervently believe in it. As long as your religion exists to divide you from ‘unbelievers’, you can never achieve true unity.

]]> http://toddhdow.org/2007/07/30/what-are-we-fighting-for-i/#comment-21 Adam Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:28:17 +0000 http://toddhdow.org/2007/07/30/what-are-we-fighting-for-i/#comment-21 While you take a minute to catch your breath and post part two, please allow a response. I appreciate your approach to the Sermon on the Mount, and I do think that it is valid. I also think it is valid when Paul speaks in Romans 12 about the evildoers fearing the Governor for he bears the sword of justice. If we are to take the view that you are posturing, we have to censor the physical return of Christ in Revleation 19 where he slays the wicked with the sword that proceeds from his mouth, and the Word of God to Moses where he says that the shedding of blood defiles the land, and only to be healed by the blood of him who shed it. If I was to reconcile what seems to be two extremes, there is a difference in the sermon on the mount (Jesus to his disciples) and something such as war which is defined and endorsed by God in the Mosaic law (given to the head of the Nation of Israel). To that end, yes, if someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn and let him slap the other... but if someone commits murder, justice demands his blood as payment. Jesus did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. While you take a minute to catch your breath and post part two, please allow a response. I appreciate your approach to the Sermon on the Mount, and I do think that it is valid. I also think it is valid when Paul speaks in Romans 12 about the evildoers fearing the Governor for he bears the sword of justice. If we are to take the view that you are posturing, we have to censor the physical return of Christ in Revleation 19 where he slays the wicked with the sword that proceeds from his mouth, and the Word of God to Moses where he says that the shedding of blood defiles the land, and only to be healed by the blood of him who shed it. If I was to reconcile what seems to be two extremes, there is a difference in the sermon on the mount (Jesus to his disciples) and something such as war which is defined and endorsed by God in the Mosaic law (given to the head of the Nation of Israel). To that end, yes, if someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn and let him slap the other… but if someone commits murder, justice demands his blood as payment. Jesus did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it.

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