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Comment on Ron Paul vs. Rick Perry by nader paul kucinich gravel mckinney baldwin ventura sheehan

nader paul kucinich gravel mckinney baldwin ventura sheehan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:30:20 +0000

Al Gore tried to give us Joe Lieberman as V.P.

Comment on Debate Thursday Night by Roger Genung

Roger Genung — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:29:50 +0000

Thanks for hosting this chat during the debate.

Comment on Christian Terrorism in Norway? by Gil Yoder

Gil Yoder — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:40:56 +0000

Marcus, I appreciate your comments. I know nothing about your friends, or how they might try to justify actions like the Crusades. It could be that the friends you speak of have a jaundiced view of the world, but in my 40 years as a Christian I have never heard or read anyone offering a biblical justification for the Crusades. There are times that wars are justifiable for defense, but wars should never be fought to spread a religion. The religion of the Bible is now and has always been spread through persuasion, rather than force, and it must be accepted by a free will, if it is to be of any value.

There is no difference between what the Old Testament teaches on this subject and what the New Testament teaches. The main difference between the two is that the Old Testament was national in its scope, being a law only for the descendants of Israel, and the New Testament is universal, that is, a law intended for all nations. In neither do you find support for Jihad. Because of the national character of the Old Testament, there are occasions where God commanded the Israelites to fight their enemies, but that was only when the sinfulness of their enemies reached such a level of iniquity that God’s judgment upon them was due (Gen. 15:16). The Canaanites for example were worshiping Moloch, and offering to him human sacrifices before God commanded Israel to fight against them. They never used force as a means of evangelism.

The New Testament is the same as the Old Testament in that regard. Jesus expressly said that because his kingdom was spiritual rather than a physical kingdom, that his disciples would not bear arms to spread the kingdom (John 18:36). There are times in which it is right to bare and use arms (Rom. 13:1–4), but never has it be right to use force to spread religious views whether those views are right or wrong.

Comment on Christian Terrorism in Norway? by marcus

marcus — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:33:17 +0000

I enjoy your posts; thanks.

To the contrary of what you’ve found, most of my Christian friends whom I’ve spoken with about the Crusades defend those wars passionately.

Another aspect people bring up is the Old Testament God (in Christianity) and other passages after the Gospels… I must admit, I don’t know how a lot of people justify their “religious” decisions… But usually that’s a decision between them and their God.

Comment on Forums by Doug Post

Doug Post — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:34:51 +0000

I agree with Ann Coulter, there is no one that really grabs my attention. I do like Herman Cain, but he has alrerady back peddled on his previous stance of not having any Muslims in his cabinet. As far as Mitt goes, I do not have any problem with someone changing their positions on issues but He seems to have done so, in my opinion, for political reasons. May have to vote for Trump

Comment on Everything Gives You Cancer? by Gil

Gil — Mon, 10 May 2010 02:41:44 +0000

I sent a note to Mr. Taranto and asked him to read my reply to his article. He replied that he did not say that evolution was a fact. I have corrected that misrepresentation in my article above.

However that fails to correct the logical error that Mr. Taranto has committed in which he treats creationism and evolution theory as two different kinds of things. He views evolution as science (belonging in the science classroom), and creationism as religion or philosophy. If evolution is science, creationism is too, because both are only explanations of events supposed to have occurred in the past.

The truth is that neither are science, and both are philosophy.