vulgarities? how do you define what is good and evil? does
retorting a person sinful? Off course not? But if a person lies and
not answer questions when posted, taunts and try to bring down
another thread illogically. that is a sin too?
You talk rubbish and questions what is rigtheousness
(lawful)?
then read the law and you know what is a nice person or not. In
fact its Christianity that tries to hide the goodness of gods law
to the world and thats why the world is full of bad people like
yourself.
Ask yourself. Why are people with this behaviour in this thread?
you try to prove that god of israel doesnt exist yet, fro what i
can see, you dont even bother to read the book or discuss to
enquire. WHO IS THE WICKED (unlawful) one here. I am here to teach
and you are here to disrupt.
"You shall not take
vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you
shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the
LORD."
Leviticus 19:18 (NRS)
Here we shall examine some of the ethics in the New
Testament.
Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been
said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. [44] But
I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you; (KJV)
Who would follow this? Love your enemy? Sure, it's noble, but
it's not practical. It's even more noble if the person who preaches
it actually follows it. However, an examination of the Gospels will
show this philosophy to be not only impractical, but also, in
practice, makes Jesus into a hypocrite. Let's look at another
excerpt from this chapter of Matthew:
Matthew 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by
them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill
shall be in danger of the judgment: [22] But I say unto you, That
whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in
danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother,
Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say,
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell
fire. (KJV)
Conceptually, this portion which I highlighted, is basically
good. Let's see if Jesus practiced what he preached when he
spoke:
Matthew 23:17 [Ye] fools and blind: for
whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the
gold? (KJV)
Luke 11:40 [Ye]
fools, did not he that made that which is without
make that which is within also? (KJV)
This is the same Jesus who called the Pharisees hypocrites. Did
Jesus love his enemies? Did he love the Pharisees who are
completely villified for not believing in Jesus?
John 8:44 Ye are of
[your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye
will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
(KJV)
Jesus loved his neighbors until they opposed him and became his
enemies. And then he didn't even follow his own advice of loving
them.
And what of Paul? Did he follow Jesus' teachings? After all, he
claimed to be closest to Jesus spiritually, even though he never
met Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 2:14 For you, brethren, became
imitators of the churches of G-d in Christ Jesus that are in Judea,
for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own
countrymen, even as they did from the Jews, [15] who both killed
the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to G-d, but hostile to all
men, (NAS)
KJV's rendering slightly different, saying "contrary to all
men." NAS, on the other hand, is a bit more severe. Defaming the
Jews, claiming we're "hostile to all men," is hardly the sign of a
person who loves his enemies.
"Love your enemy" is a completely impractical and foolish
precept. Few Christians follow it, and the ones who do follow it
are the ones who are unwilling to do anything when evil is
confronting them. These are the ones who would rather sit back and
hope for the best, instead of standing upright and righting the
wrongs in society.
John 8:7 So when they continued asking him, he
lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast
a stone at her. (KJV)
If we were to implement this ethic, we would end up with a
society full of people who when push comes to shove are unwilling
to stand up and do what's right. How are to we to have punishment
for crimes in this world if we bind ourselves like this? How are we
to even try to achieve justice if we follow this ethic? What kind
of world does it create?
