Principal Uncertainty said:
Muktheduck said:
Guess he learned a lesson. I remember him making a **** out of himself at the start of all of this.
Hate to be that ugly to a grieving father but this is a big issue for Christianity. There's no "making peace" with people like that and there certainly won't be with the hoarde of Muslims that are currently conquering christendom with little to no resistance.
Christians are going to have to figure out how to have God in their backbone as well as their hearts and frankly I don't know how we get there with the current teachings of the Church and many pastors across the country
I have a question for Christians.
I presume you accept that Jesus forgives the truly repentant.
But does Jesus forgive the unrepentant?
If no, then should Christians forgive the unrepentant?
Start with proper translation for the word ENEMY.
"Enemy" does NOT refer to someone trying to kill you. That is either a misunderstanding of ancient Greek. The correct translation is a BROTHER who you are not on good terms with.
In the Liddell and Scott (the authoritative lexical aid for Greek) there is a reference to a 1st century A.D. grammaticus, Ammonius - Grammaticus, which defined the word Exthros as someone who had been a Philos (a brother) but is alienated (out of enmity you had become estranged from them for a while). It was different than a Polamios, who you are at war with (who was a blood enemy who was out to kill you) and a Dusmenos is one who has long been alienated and refuses to reconcile.