[Vision2020] Killing Cartoons

sean o2design at wsu.edu
Fri Feb 3 12:34:03 PST 2006


Were David or Moses shown mercy/pity by God?

s

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>Phil,
>
>Thank you for posting this important 
>information.  It certainly highlights how 
>dangerous religious/superstitious fantasies can 
>become and how serious a threat such can be to 
>all of us who cherish freedom of 
>expression/inquiry -- a constitutional guarantee 
>of our great country and one which more than any 
>other has lead to the greatness of our country. 
>
>I think we can safely conclude that you strongly 
>oppose killing people or otherwise punishing 
>people simply because of their 
>religious/superstitious beliefs and/or expressed 
>opposition to the religions/superstitions of 
>others -- a principle with which I thoroughly 
>agree.  I have noticed that you have by 
>implication expressed this principle several 
>times before in your V 2020 postings with 
>particular reference to terrorists who are or 
>who at least allege themselves to be the only 
>true Muslims.
>
>However, in reality there is little you or I can 
>do to effectively oppose religious/superstitious 
>tyranny and irrationalism internationally. 
>
>Below the line is reposted a message 
>cited/derived from a local religious group which 
>also advocates that those who do not share their 
>beliefs (pay special attention to heresy in the 
>quoted text) should be killed.  Please notice 
>the vigor, rigor, and passion of their 
>imprecations.
>
>While you and I cannot hope to have much of an 
>effect on international matters in this regard, 
>whether such irrational intolerance with such 
>murderous consequences is shown by Christians, 
>Muslims, Jews, Hindus, etc, perhaps by acting 
>vigorously we can hope to have a prophylactic 
>effect on a local group which espouses exactly 
>the same ideas.
>
>I greatly look forward to your demonstrating 
>your principles as expressed by your postings by 
>being vociferous in your protests of and 
>actions toward the local group who, exactly like 
>the individuals in the photo you 
>referenced, openly advocate killing those who do 
>not agree with or question in various ways their 
>religious/superstitious fantasies.
>
>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
><mailto:deco at moscow.com>deco at moscow.com
>
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>
>
>From Credenda/Agenda by Gregory Dickison [Comments added]:
>
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><http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/vol3/magi3-9.htm>http://www.credenda.org/old/issues/vol3/magi3-9.htm
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>"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..."  
>
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>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: "Phil Nisbet" <<mailto:pcnisbet1 at hotmail.com>pcnisbet1 at hotmail.com>
>To: <<mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:51 AM
>Subject: [Vision2020] More on the Cartoons
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>  > This is a Yahoo photo of Islamic protesters in London.  Read the signs.  Is
>>  there any call for statements to exterminate all who oppose Islam?
>>
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>><http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060203/photos_ts_afp/0602031517137vvux78o_photo0&g=events/wl/020106danishcartoons;_ylt=AgI2frwdgnun.MP2DAGOgGLZa7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA>http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060203/photos_ts_afp/0602031517137vvux78o_photo0&g=events/wl/020106danishcartoons;_ylt=AgI2frwdgnun.MP2DAGOgGLZa7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA-
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>>  Phil Nisbet
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s


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