[Vision2020] You might be a real American
Art Deco
deco at moscow.com
Thu Aug 10 09:24:46 PDT 2006
Dick,
You write:
"I agree, everyone should have the right to worship as they believe, so long as their religion does not preach death and destruction on others because of their beliefs. "
Do you then roundly and unequivocally condemn the religious cult that holds the following views?
W.
http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/vol3/magi3-9.htm
"The civil magistrate is the minister of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer (Rom. 13:4). God has not left his civil minister without guidance on how to exercise his office. The Scriptures set forth clear standards of judgment for many offenses. Capital crimes, for example, include premeditated killing (murder), kidnapping, sorcery, bestiality, adultery, homosexuality, and cursing one's parents..."
"In contemporary American jurisprudence, none of these offenses is punishable by death, with the occasional exception of murder. The magistrates have dispensed with God's standards of justice. Some Christians believe this is an improvement. They would be horrified to think that the "harsh" penalties of the law should still be applied. Sometimes this is the result of the mistaken belief that the Old Testament has no further application after the advent of Christ. This is an exegetical problem. Too often, it is the result of a sinful view of the criminal. This sin is called pity."
"If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods,". . . you shall not consent to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him; but you shall surely kill him..." [Heresy: Beware, ye not of the cult (including unconverted Jews)!]
"If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out the hand and seizes him by the genitals, then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her..."
God commands the judge to evaluate the crime rather than the criminal. If the crime is one for which God requires death, then death must be the punishment. Your eye shall not pity. Neither is the repentance of the accused relevant to the imposition of the sentence.
"Thus, the Bible teaches that pity is not an option where God has decided the matter. The [civil] magistrate, God's minister, is to faithfully execute justice according to God's standard, not man's... This means that we must return to an obedience which confines pity within the bounds which God has established for us."
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Sherwin
To: Vision2020 ; Paul Rumelhart
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] You might be a real American
Paul Rumelhart wrote: "Your standards are too low. How about you are a True American if the ideas of freedom and liberty for all are important to you? That includes the freedom to believe whatever religion you wish, or none at all."
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Personally, I am a little weary of embracing the "whatever religion you wish" syndrone. I agree, everyone should have the right to worship as they believe, so long as their religion does not preach death and destruction on others because of their beliefs. I am tired of the so-called "Religion of Peace" and their attempts to acquire maximum kill with their terrorist acts.
As I said in my original post,
"I believe this is apporpriate as well as accurate. I realize there are those who don't believe in any of this but to them all I have to say is, "Oh well!"
May God bless you, even if you don't believe in Him.
Dick S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Rumelhart
To: Vision2020
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] You might be a real American
That's what it takes to be a True American? Not to be afraid to show you are a christian? Not to burn the flag? To respect veterans and your elders?
Well, I almost made it. I'm not christian, so apparently I can't be a True American. Wonderful.
Your standards are too low. How about you are a True American if the ideas of freedom and liberty for all are important to you? That includes the freedom to believe whatever religion you wish, or none at all.
If you support the First Amendment, I would say you are on the path to being a "True American". If you care for your rights and the rights of others equally, I'd say you are a True American. If you get enraged when politicians "game the system", you are a True American.
If you get angry when someone claims they are a "Patriot" when they really mean that they blindly support the government or the status quo, you are a True American. Look up what it really means to be a Patriot sometime. Start by imagining the courage it took for the Founding Fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence and ponder what would have happened to each of them if the revolution had failed.
The true values of this country are getting lost in this "Christians - the World's Only Persecuted Majority" crap. What values that have managed to squeak through that mess are wantonly being pulverised by Corporate America. I'd say the truest sign of whether or not you are a True American is if you have had it up to here with all the crap that has happened in the last couple of decades.
Paul
Dick Sherwin wrote:
I believe this is apporpriate as well as accurate. I realize there are those who don't believe in any of this but to them all I have to say is, "Oh well!"
Dick S.
It is time to change from REDNECK humor to TRUE AMERICAN Humor! Only I don't see it as Humor, but the correct way to LIVE YOUR LIFE ! If you feel the same, pass this on to your True American friends. Ya'll know who ya' are...
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, "One nation, under God."
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You still say "Christmas" instead of "Winter Festival."
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You treat Viet Nam vets with great respect, and always have.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You've never burned an American flag.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You respect your elders and expect your kids to do the same.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.
If you got this email from me, it is because I believe that you, like me, have just enough TRUE AMERICAN in you to have the same beliefs as those talked about in this email.
God Bless the U S A ! and may the U.S.A. BEGIN TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD the way we used to!!!
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