trish take time to read the books of samuel. or some
of the 1st 5 books of the old testament where that
commandment is found. might be surprised.
having said that, yes, that pastor had the right and
responsibility to do as he felt he should.
--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> The real problem is not even the religions, its
> the folks wielding =
> it. They scare me. I scare them.I am sorry about
> your pastor, he =
> certainly had a right to talk about the war, and I
> would think a Man of =
> God would be against war - I really thought that
> commandment said - Thou =
> shalt not kill. I tend to associate war with killing
> - but ya know I =
> have been known to be wrong ;-)
>
> Trisha
>
>
> > Thank you very much.. Trish, I know that, and
> it's usually the
> > perceived enemy of the state, not the true enemy.
> :-( When the =
> first
> > Gulf war was going on, my pastor spoke out against
> it, asnd got =
> reamed
> > royally by the church people, I have a hard time
> to this day =
> forgiving
> > some of the comments that I heard from church
> people...
> >=20
> > ken barber wrote:
> >=20
> > >yes, mike is smart and calm and well grounded.
> > >
> > >--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>No Mike,
> > >>
> > >> You sound like the smart - well grounded guy
> you
> > >>are!
> > >>Religion and Politics don't mix, and when they
> do -
> > >>someone ends up =3D
> > >>dead.
> > >>
> > >> Trisha
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I did not like Bush for his Christian
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>conservatism. Any time a
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>politician uses God in order to get elected,
> nine
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>times out of ten =3D
> > >>it's
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>a Machavellian ploy. (Boy., do I sound like a
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>cynic here, or what?) =3D
> > >>:-(
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>=3D20
> > >>>BG Greer, PhD wrote:
> > >>>=3D20
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Sadly, it seems the Bush foriegn policy,
> despite
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>Colin Powell's =3D
> > >>effort is to
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>p*ss the entire world off. N. Korea is much
> more
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>of a threat than =3D
> > >>Iraq, but
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>there is little oil in N Korea.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It is hilarious that he is going to
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>"convince" the UN to help =3D
> > >>in Iraq.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>And the reason we have been free of terrorism
> in
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>this country is that =3D
> > >>the
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>terrorists have not made a concerted effort
> yet.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> The more I hear of Bush the more
> disgusted
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>I am.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>Bobby
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>I think it's very ironic that Bush is seeking
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>aid from the very body =3D
> > >>he
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>scorned a year ago. He's realising all too
> well
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>that America can no =3D
> > >>longer
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>afford to act on its own and we cannot
> operate
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>in a vacuum.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >
> > >
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