Actually, this thread is doing just fine. Maybe I'll start another argument in a day or so about the conflict between Social Darwinist economics and conservative Christianity.
And what about that whole Crusades thing. A bit of a contradiction to religion as a whole. Holy War? What's that about?
I don't consider people going to war to kill others to force them to believe your religion 'Christians'. You have the right to defend yourself. You have the right to face an oncoming force if they are to force themselves upon you. You also have the right to stop a threat against you before it starts. All this providing it is truly the will of God not the will of man. How to know which is which is where most 'Holy Wars' fail.
The role of religion in politics, now that would be a good discussion but the Christian faith is actually apolitical and at the same time declares that God alone raises up Kings and puts down Kings and commands us to obey the civil authorities. This tennant has prevented me from becoming a revolutionary/ insurrectionist. LOL! I should also point out that Christ himself operated inside the control of the Roman Empire, essentially a dictatorship.
I really don't have much to add in terms of biblical knowledge (Scripture memorization etc bc I'm not all that good at it) but what I do know is through faith in Christ, my life is enriched to the deepest of my core. The type that will just let me sit in the silence and be MOVED down to the pit of my stomach. In the darkest times, in the brightest times, I've never felt joy or pain in the best way possible. I've always been in the mindset of searching for the best mentor and search no more, I found it. The best father (my dad passed away when I was young), the best friend, the best career adviser, everything. Is He selfish? yes he is for me. Is He selfless? yes, for the sake of me. hahah ok, rant over.
I really don't have much to add in terms of biblical knowledge (Scripture memorization etc bc I'm not all that good at it) but what I do know is through faith in Christ, my life is enriched to the deepest of my core. The type that will just let me sit in the silence and be MOVED down to the pit of my stomach. In the darkest times, in the brightest times, I've never felt joy or pain in the best way possible. I've always been in the mindset of searching for the best mentor and search no more, I found it. The best father (my dad passed away when I was young), the best friend, the best career adviser, everything. Is He selfish? yes he is for me. Is He selfless? yes, for the sake of me. hahah ok, rant over.
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