Hi Ken,
Well, I am going by what they want to post. I do remember thatthe Bible is the book for the Jews and not for the general populace - which was okay to kill. The Jews did some real genicide in the ancient times.
Trisha
> 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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