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Clarifying Statement
| Posted On: 06/04/07 08:59:59 PM |
Age 47, MO |
I misspoke when I said "Perhaps God allowed it." God did allow it, because He is God, omnipotent and omniscient. What I should have stated was, "Perhaps this is why God allowed it."
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Clarifying Statement
| Posted On: 06/04/07 08:57:23 PM |
Age 47, MO |
I misspoke when I said "Perhaps God allowed it." God did allow it, because He is Gpd, omnipotent and omniscient. What I should have stated was, "Perhaps this is why God allowed it."
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Perhaps God allowed that
| Posted On: 06/03/07 02:56:25 PM |
Age 47, MO |
First, I will say that Lyndon Johnson was a crook who, unlike Richard Nixon, never got caught. In some ways, Johnson reminds me of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. However, Lyndon Johnson's opponents remind me of the corrupt kings of Judah, such as Menasseh, Jehoiachim, and Zedekiah, who dishonored God, worshiped idols, and oppressed the poor. Many of Johnson's opponents, including pastors, were racist bigots. Johnson's Democrat opponents, such as Coke Stevenson, George Wallace, Orval Faubus, and Lester Maddox, wanted the government to enforce segregation and discrimination against black people. Many Republicans, such as Barry Goldwater, wanted the government to just stand by and let a white oligarchy discriminate against black people. Just as God used Nebuchadnezzar to punish His chosen people centuries ago, God used Lyndon Johnson to punish my fellow Christians who committed the sin of racist bigotry.
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SHOULD WE APOLIGIZE FOR THE TRUTH
| Posted On: 06/01/07 06:57:58 PM |
Age 63, OH |
Any real Christian should know that everyone should be treated as an individual. We were not talking about people but about the sin. But are not we all haters. Can any man say that he does not hate. Some hate more than others but all hate. So any man can be called a hater and it is no lie. I wrote some of the articles that some would say took the hardest line against the sin of homosexuality. But I witness to homosexuals. They are all sinners in need of grace and forgiveness as we all are. The Lord spoke to me a long time ago that I was never to apologize for the truth. I try to speak as the Spirit gives me words always. I pray that your brother comes to the mercy and forgiveness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Lou
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Re: Re: The real hate speech
| Posted On: 06/01/07 01:34:30 PM |
Age 42, CO |
As a Christian whose brother is a homosexual, I was disturbed by the tone of this article. I agree that there are homosexual activists who hate and malign (and occasionally murder) followers of Jesus, but I also think they represent the extreme fringe of homosexuality, just as Christians who blow up abortion clinics are at the extreme fringe of Christianity. By cataloging a list of evils that certain homosexuals have committed against Christians, you are demonizing people we should be trying to reach with the good news of salvation. I wonder how many believers, after reading your article, will be moved to pray for homosexuals or try to communicate the redemptive love of Jesus to them. When your readers meet my brother and learn that he is homosexual, will they speak the truth in love? Or will they fear and avoid him because of the evils homosexuals activists have committed?
When homosexual radicals desecrated a church, my brother was outraged by their behavior. He also opposes granting special privileges to homosexuals and believes that churches and private companies have the right not to hire homosexuals. He is lost and needs Jesus, but he does not hate Christians and poses no threat to our rights to free speech. He would never dance on anyone's grave and would be horrified by the murder of Mary Stachowicz. I pray that when he meets Christians who have read your column, they will remember that he is someone for whom Jesus died instead of dismissing him as a "hater."
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Re: The real hate speech
| Posted On: 05/31/07 08:20:08 PM |
Age 63, OH |
I commend you for speaking out. And most of what you say I think is good. But you say
"For no law will stop me from speaking nor writing the true word of G-d." I would like to say I used to feel that way and Peter felt that way. Peter thought he would die for Jesus, but found that when Jesus did not help him to speak up that he even denied that he knew Jesus. I think we are all that way and are cowards in the flesh, I know I am. I pray whenever I am given the opportunity to speak up for Christ that Jesus gives me the courage by His grace and mercy. I pray He gives you grace and mercy also. your brother Lou
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Re: Re: The real hate speech
| Posted On: 05/31/07 03:17:34 PM |
Age 20, NC |
Agreed with your point, but you may want to check your dates. It was 1954 when this legislation came out, making it 53 years ago (43 years ago, LBJ was President).
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Re: The real hate speech
| Posted On: 05/31/07 11:12:18 AM |
Age 46, MO |
Yes Janet, it just goes to show the fallen world in which we live. But oddly, most Christians have blinders, walking about as if their world will have peace, harmony, blessings, $$$, and an individually assigned angel bodyguard. After all most pastors preach "Love" as a feeling instead of a commitment, obedience, to Truth. The apathy and alter reality in which most Christians live keeps them from the voting booth, speaking their convictions, being bold, stepping in the gap, and living a sacrificial life. And why should they, their gospel is all about themselves- Christ died for themselves so that they can seperate from the world instead of being salt and light in the world. After all Christ was a pacifist right? He never upset anyone or spoke his mind, or stood for truth, right? The true gospel however, is that Christians are to be soldiers, to die to self and enlist fulltime, putting on the full armor of God to battle the forces of darkness. Get ready for the hate mail Janet, here it comes! I wrote an article about Christian LOVE being submissive obedience, if interested- email me at jchristco@aol.com. Thanks, John
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Re: The real hate speech
| Posted On: 05/31/07 09:50:34 AM |
Age 67, WI |
No disagreement with the article. The disturbing thing about this 'hate' crime business is that assume something that is not obvious. To say someone is hating is to assume a person's inner thoughts and motivations without actually knowing these things. One can be reminded of a parent who is told, by a wayward child, "you hate me" when punishment is given. No, it is not hate when a child is brought back into line... it is an act of love which tells the child "I love you much that I can not allow you to walk out into the street or play with matches,..." It is interesting that we do this sort of thing in many ways. Consider speed limit signs... they're not posted as an issue of hate... suggesting a person is hated because the public feels it best that drivers keep their speed down. It is done as a matter of love. The idea of a 'hate' crime measure rests on an error... the other side of having Freedom of Speech is to know that people may say things with which I don't agree. It is part of the package.
Thanks.
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Re: The real hate speech
| Posted On: 05/31/07 09:34:25 AM |
Age 43, KY |
A good article, and I agree the hate is coming from the other direction, but is that surprising? Remember what our Lord Yeshua told his disciples: 18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. (John 15: 18-19).
To face such hatred from those we only wish to help, can be one of the hardest traits of being Christian, these days. But with a government that desperately seeks to purge Judeo-Christian language of any kind from our society, and replace it with the state religion of Human Secularism, it really shouldn't come as a shock. Many of us, who have studied the Bible at length, especially Eschatology, believe we have entered the, "End Times" (how ever long it last), and ever increasing intolerance to out right persecution of the Church and Judaism is one of the signs that we have entered the era referred to in the Bible as the "End Times". But we are not to despair, for if in fact we are in the End Times, it is the necessary birthing pains that heralds the return of our Lord Yeshua and His Millennial Kingdom. It is during these trials that our faith will be tested... so do we loose faith and attack the world back, or do we pray for the salvation and revelation of the truth for those who persecute us? I am not saying that we shouldn't attempt to make our voices heard by our legislatures and judges, as well as be very selective for whom we vote for when elections come about, but rather, don't be surprised and let not your faith waiver if our cries and objection to the double-standard of the Hate Crime legislation goes unacknowledged, as it is to be expected.
Pity and pray those who hate and reject us, for only the Father can call them, and only the Christ can offer them salvation, but if they don't repent of their sins, they have all of eternity in a lake of fire to consider their folly. Just my 2cents worth, as I see and understand the Truth of the Scriptures. Mark
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