Romans 3:23: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"
John 3:16 "for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
Psalm 7:14-16 is absolutely accurate, but there is grace even for those who the verse is written about. If they repent and believe, they will be saved, but they will likely still have to crawl out of that pit.
We are to pray for our enemies, but it doesn't mean our prayers need to be "best wishes".
If you pray for Gremlin Lightfoot in Chicago, it doesn't have to be "Dear Lord, make her wealthy and give her all the nice things".
It can be as simple as "Dear God save her", prayed through gritted teeth.
You act on faith, even though the person you are praying for makes your blood boil.
Take Kanye West for example. I mean, I get it, a lot of people are still questioning whether or not he really has "converted", but taking it at face value, the guy, while still a bit of a loose cannon, is proof that people can turn around.
We do not currently know the details of the crime that he was charged with. He was 18 years old at the time.
Maybe he raped a 10 yr old, but maybe he had a 17yr old girlfriend in high-school too, had consensual sex, got her pregnant, and then got charged with rape because her parents didn't like him and chose to fabricate things to destroy his life. There's a reason "do not bear false witness" is one of "the big 10".
People who appear to enjoy seeing others die are not necessarily psychotic, though it's certainly possible.
We live in a society that has been overseen by a judicial system that has been corrupt for decades. We grow up seeing absurd injustices over and over (usually involving politicians or other wealthy elite individuals, etc.).
A deficit of justice (whether real or perceived) creates psychological tension that then results in a "rush" when we see someone finally get what they deserve, even if "what they deserve" is death. People cheer the ending of a hateful criminals life, but that doesn't mean they don't reconsider their reaction later on and temper their emotions.
That is where conservatives are often different from liberals. As humans, we react on emotion at times, but a moral people will allow rational thought to cool that emotion so that a proper resolve can be made to do what is right.
I've been proverbially wrestling with this most of yesterday and last evening.
If you watch the videos, the guy was clearly a jerk, and his criminal record would indicate the same, but there is quite a bit that can be said about one bad decision starting a chain reaction that lead to where he ended up.
While there isn't an excuse for the things he did, or what he did that lead up to his death, I have to ask the same questions we ask about the other "joggers", "dindus", etc. At the very least it should be asked because it matters in regards to statistics: Did he have both a father and a mother in his home growing up?
Again, I'm not trying to raise sympathy for the guy, he made decisions that lead him to where he died, but this meme brings to light a very very ugly truth. At the moment of his death, none of the people he thought were on his side cared about him.
It's good that someone that violent and hateful is no longer able to harm anyone else, but damn that's a rough way to go.
They are not bandits so much as flesh and blood demons.
And yes, there are entire communities, hundreds of thousands of these animals that have been told by public school and the news media that they deserve anything they want because of things that no-one alive can even say they witnessed.
Sounds to me like, at the bare minimum, someone was too trusting of another individual in the same vehicle they were in.
Just because you are out on some noble cause, doesn't mean the person next to you is, even if they've convinced you they are.
That said, you're running around with a business name that any 2 year old could conclude means you are there helping the terrorists.
Last night the information was that he was part of a group that was claiming to support BLM, but at the same time there to prevent BLM from attacking any businesses or buildings other than the police station.
That information is not something I can confirm though.
Which is exactly why the democrats have pushed those stupid laws through. They may not be able to remove the 2nd, but they will make damn sure that no matter why you use a gun that there will be a means of destroying you.
A sniper who was able to kill just 2 or 3 at a given location, slip away and not be found, only to repeat the process at even one more location would stop this nonsense dead in it's tracks.
These wastes of oxygen are operating on animal instincts, and when they can't see an enemy but only see people around them dying violently, terror will cause them to flee.
No, the worst duo would probably be Joe as president, and AOC as VP.