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What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............

Nuclear weapons have cast a shadow of doom over humanity. Added to that is the possibility of an accidental war. Wikipedia gives a “list of nuclear close calls.” On January 25, 1995, Russian president Boris Yeltsin became the first world leader to activate a nuclear briefcase. Russian radar systems detected the launch of what was later determined to be a Norwegian research rocket being used to study the northern lights. Yeltsin, who had a drinking problem and had a taste for vodka, was ready to order a retaliatory nuclear strike against the United States. The Norwegian research rocket was mistaken to be an American ICBM heading to Russia. There have been several other “nuclear close calls”—enough to give reasonable people who are unsaved motivation to at least carefully examine the claims of Jesus Christ. I don’t want to sound trite, or corny, but, dear friend are you ready to meet your Maker? Please give careful consideration to the words of Acts 16:31: “… Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” There will be some who will “thank their lucky stars” that we haven’t yet been annihilated, but I would rather give thanks to God for His Son Jesus Christ who shed His blood that I could be saved.

Pacifism—Did Jesus Really Condemn All Wars?
There are those who claim it is wrong for Christians to fight in any war. They appeal to the teachings of Jesus, who said, “Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also” (Matt. 5:38–39).

Jesus often used hyperbole—deliberate exaggeration for startling effect—in His teaching. In Matthew 5:29 Jesus says if your right eye offends you, gouge it out. There is not a single example of anyone in the New Testament taking this literally and gouging out their right eye. Matthew 5:30 says the same thing about your right hand. Do holy people have no right hands? We see hyperbole in Mark 11:23. We do not find anyone in Scripture speaking to a mountain and saying, “Be thou removed, and be thou cast into sea.”

Another observation—Jesus is not speaking to heads of state in the Sermon on the Mount, nor is He providing rules of engagement for the world’s militaries. Pacifism is an extreme position. The tenets of pacifism would also forbid law enforcement officers from using deadly force in apprehending criminals, and thereby expose the general population to dangerous individuals who would be allowed to have free reign to bring death and destruction to innocent people. And what about Jesus’ statement “that ye resist not evil”? How far do we want to take this? Was Jesus condemning all resistance to evil? Jesus’ ministry on earth was a ministry of resisting evil. He cast out demons, confronted the Pharisees with their own hypocrisy and healed those who were in misery with an illness. Not resisting evil is a sin of omission. James 4:17 says, “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”

Once again, to cite Dr. Norman Geisler from the same volume cited earlier: “The able citizen who would not defend his country against an evil aggressor is morally remiss … the total pacifist can easily find himself aiding an evil cause by failing to defend a good one. Thus complete pacifism is at best morally naïve, and at worst morally delinquent.”

How would you feel if a pacifist told the British in 1940 when Britain was fighting for survival, “Go ahead and let the Nazis occupy your country. They can take your bodies but not your souls”? Or how about if someone ventured to tell the Jews, when the full horrors of the Holocaust were known, “Since you Jews are going to be slaughtered anyway, you should voluntarily walk into the death camps to awaken the world’s conscience”? Resistance to such evil is the moral thing to do. We shouldn’t have to apologize for such resistance.[/size

RE: Because the glove didn't fit, they had to acquit...

I hope you don't mind...here is a video about the history of an abusive relationship and the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson...

RE: Because the glove didn't fit, they had to acquit...

This is exactly why we need Jon Stewart and the Daily Show..

Thanks for the laugh...

Just listening to Stewart's opinion (on the conflicts) tells us we are all guilty of manipulation and greed...
I had to laugh when Trump spoke...what an absurd and obtuse speech (if you can call it that)...
My question is the new and improved Trump/Greenwood Bible selling?...
Will Trump reenact dropping his pants for Stormy to whack his a** with Time Magazine?...

RE: Election Interference aka Hush Money Trial...

Yes...he looked quite dower...not as lively in his speech outside of court...less animated and a tad worried...but still managed to talk some BS anyway...the Achilles heel that keeps on giving...

RE: Desperate Move

Steer clear of the blog about forming/joining a men's group...
The OP is feeling a bit grumpy with women in general...

RE: Israel is being attacked at this time

Just remember that is freedom of speech in action...the destruction or property damage will be dealt with by the police (if there is any damage made by the protesters)...
Burning a flag is not a crime...
What it tells me that people are distressed and the discord from these two groups goes back a long time...just like the old wounds left to fester...