Read your bible. There’s plenty of passages. Just because I cannot recite chapter and verse does not mean I’m making it up.
It’s not our job to judge in place of God. Yes. But it’s clearly stated that it is our job to cultivate our societies in accordance with God’s teachings. Thus, you’ll find in the bible passages describing punishments befitting child molesters, murderers, theives, moneylenders, etc, because those people do harm to our societies. This is completely different from God’s judgement. Is your assertion that we should not judge these people?
And if we do judge these people, why are you equating that with dehumanizing them? They knowingly committed their crimes. They made their bed.
As for:
I am not a pacifist, and would use lethal force if there were absolutely no other option. It's something I hope to never do.
I literally pointed out that Jesus taught us to live exactly like that. And that that teaching in no way contradicts the meme that OP posted because (as any rational person knows) these people are on the verge of having left us no other option.
Read the bible and return to your church. Jesus Christ came to save you too. And you are worthy of being saved, never doubt that!
Read your bible. There’s plenty of passages. Just because I cannot recite chapter and verse does not mean I’m making it up.
It’s not our job to judge in place of God. Yes. But it’s clearly stated that it is our job to cultivate our societies in accordance with God’s teachings. Thus, you’ll find in the bible passages describing punishments befitting child molesters, murderers, theives, moneylenders, etc, because those people do harm to our societies. This is completely different from God’s judgement. Is your assertion that we should not judge these people?
And if we do judge these people, why are you equating that with dehumanizing them? They knowingly committed their crimes. They made their bed.
As for:
I literally pointed out that Jesus taught us to live exactly like that. And that that teaching in no way contradicts the meme that OP posted because (as any rational person knows) these people are on the verge of having left us no other option.
All the best!
Thanks, I’ll look into that. If I’m wrong, I’ll be happy to admit as such.
Although Jesus did say that he did not arrive here to bring peace, he arrived here to bring the sword.
But as I said, I’ll look into your website with an open mind. What denomination are you?