JDay123 at BellSouth.com (Jd) wrote:
>In alt.education Re: brain sizes: Einstein's and women's,
>Bob LeChevalier wrote...
>>>Jesus advised his disciples to arm themselves in
>>>view of likely persecution. Luke 22:36"
>>>>More selective Bible verse, twisted to serve your purposes. Let's
>>look at the entire passage:
>>>>>[34] And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
>>>[35] And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
>>>[36] Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
>>>[37] For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
>>>[38] And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
>>>[snip]
>>>Continuing, we see what the swords were intended for:
>>>[49] When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
>>>[50] And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
>>>[51] And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
>>>>And if this isn't clear, we turn to Matt 26 for the parallel account:
>>>[51] And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.
>>>[52] Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
>>>[53] Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
>>>>And we see that Jesus was most certainly NOT commanding that they use
>>the swords 'in view of likely persecution' "for all they that take the
>>sword shall perish with the sword".
>>>>See what I mean - selective Bible quotation to prove your point,
>>ignoring that which does not support you. (But I don't call you a
>>liar, merely self-blinded.)
>>Not true. I selectively quoted Samuel Rutherford who quoted Jesus in
>his book LEX REX, hoping that you'd realize Christians have been
>pondering this issue for centuries, but obviously it went right over
>your head.
Why should I care what Rutherford wrote? I know what the Bible says.
Why do you put the writings of man above the Bible when it suits your
politics?
>I've come to realize you may actually be FOR an unseparated
>Church/State which upholds your version of religion whereby the innocent
>get aborted, criminals (which the ACLU can't get off the hook) get
>pampered, tutored and soon released upon a gunless society.
Of course you "realize" this without my indicating that I am in favor
of any of those things, and furthermore you seem to think that if I
did favor them it would be for religious reasons.
To give you a clue, political beliefs/parties are not "churches".
>Had you known Rutherford was strictly opposed to European Monarchial
>Tyrants, and laid down a Biblical foundation for limiting the power of
>government, you would'nt have been so quick to render that faulty
>analysis of my message.
Sorry, but I am criticizing YOUR faulty analysis of the Word of the
Lord. That Rutherford, whoever he was, tried to support his political
beliefs based on twisting the Bible is nothing surprising. You and
the nincompoop have been trying to do so as well.
>The Monarchy
>hated Rutherford so much that they wanted to burn him at the stake, but
>he died before they could roast him alive so they dug up his body when
>they found where he was buried, and burned it.
>>Isn't that about the way you feel about fundies?
I have no interest in burning anyone at the stake, alive or dead. And
even if I considered them "enemies", Jesus commanded us to love our
enemies. Too bad that you ignore the words of Jesus when it doesn't
suit your political beliefs, hypocrite. (Maybe I should make that
"Pharisee", given your skill at twisting His words.)
lojbab
