Jesus didn't tell you to tolerate the evil people. Quite the contrary:
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you."
Believe in Jesus, or else.
You think Jesus came to bring peace or to bring a sword?
"Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword."
"Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.…"
Jesus did not tell you to love degeneracy. We are told to hate wickedness.
"To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech."
Christianity is all about love and tolerance? Yay hippie nonsense.
Christians love their neighbours, fellow Christians, but we do not tolerate the infidels and faithless commies.
So yes, if you want to play them at their own game, then Christianity has a 2000 years old track record of beating everyone else. And I'm a wicked atheist -- but I think it's mostly because the word that I was taught did not resonate with me. Reading the bible myself is restoring my faith, 1 verse at a time.
Which explains why you took the above verses out of context. Why didn’t Paul or Peter reign down fire on their enemies? Why does the father say, “Precious are the deaths of the saints in the eyes of the LORD”?
Because, his kingdom is not of this world, or the world would have been taken over. Instead, the saints now suffer, and increase in faith for the kingdom which is to come, and will come as the books of revelation, Isaiah, and Malachi foretell. Christians who suffer patiently for the coming grace show the faith the LORD has given them. And they pray for those who persecute them.
The LORD simply allows those who persecute them to either turn from their sin in repentance to Jesus, or perish. Why should people who were sinners and are now saved wish for the destruction of their former brothers who now suffer in their same evil?
Jesus didn't tell you to kneel before the commies. To accept degeneracy.
"As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear."
What to do about faithless commies that deny Jesus or the Son?
"Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."
I'm still a newb, so if I am "taking it out of context", I would rather you bring forth the needed understanding than using rhetorical questions. What I did find is that reading the bible for myself is giving me an entirely different understanding than the one I've been taught and Jesus is full of strength and mighty, one could say Godly, power.
I haven't come to the pray for my enemies part of the bible. To be honest, the first half of the book is about how God destroys anyone who just as much as looks at his people in the wrong way and Jesus doesn't seem to be much forgiving to the cities that don't kindly welcome his disciplies either.
In fact, from what I've read, Christians wouldn't be asking if they can please not bake that gay cake, lol. As if they needed permission from disbelievers.
Don’t get me wrong, they didn’t appease the gentiles, but were persecuted for speaking against them. Christians must speak against this world, because it’s judgement is coming quickly.
Love your neighbour or else.
Jesus didn't tell you to tolerate the evil people. Quite the contrary: "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you."
Believe in Jesus, or else.
You think Jesus came to bring peace or to bring a sword? "Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.…"
Jesus did not tell you to love degeneracy. We are told to hate wickedness. "To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech."
Christianity is all about love and tolerance? Yay hippie nonsense.
Christians love their neighbours, fellow Christians, but we do not tolerate the infidels and faithless commies.
So yes, if you want to play them at their own game, then Christianity has a 2000 years old track record of beating everyone else. And I'm a wicked atheist -- but I think it's mostly because the word that I was taught did not resonate with me. Reading the bible myself is restoring my faith, 1 verse at a time.
“I’m an atheist”
Which explains why you took the above verses out of context. Why didn’t Paul or Peter reign down fire on their enemies? Why does the father say, “Precious are the deaths of the saints in the eyes of the LORD”?
Because, his kingdom is not of this world, or the world would have been taken over. Instead, the saints now suffer, and increase in faith for the kingdom which is to come, and will come as the books of revelation, Isaiah, and Malachi foretell. Christians who suffer patiently for the coming grace show the faith the LORD has given them. And they pray for those who persecute them.
The LORD simply allows those who persecute them to either turn from their sin in repentance to Jesus, or perish. Why should people who were sinners and are now saved wish for the destruction of their former brothers who now suffer in their same evil?
Jesus didn't tell you to kneel before the commies. To accept degeneracy. "As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear."
What to do about faithless commies that deny Jesus or the Son? "Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."
I'm still a newb, so if I am "taking it out of context", I would rather you bring forth the needed understanding than using rhetorical questions. What I did find is that reading the bible for myself is giving me an entirely different understanding than the one I've been taught and Jesus is full of strength and mighty, one could say Godly, power.
I haven't come to the pray for my enemies part of the bible. To be honest, the first half of the book is about how God destroys anyone who just as much as looks at his people in the wrong way and Jesus doesn't seem to be much forgiving to the cities that don't kindly welcome his disciplies either. In fact, from what I've read, Christians wouldn't be asking if they can please not bake that gay cake, lol. As if they needed permission from disbelievers.
Don’t get me wrong, they didn’t appease the gentiles, but were persecuted for speaking against them. Christians must speak against this world, because it’s judgement is coming quickly.