Correct me if I'm wrong, but vengeance is not a particularly Christian goal.

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"Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world, and behold I guard it until it is ablaze."
Gospel of Thomas

um...ever hear of hell?

there is a season
a time for love
theres a time for peace
a time for war


well i got it all mixed up anyways you know that song... there is a season turn turn..

well its in the bible.
a time for war

could be an idea that could be construed in such a way.. perhaps..

ne ways iim not a christian.. im a heathen.

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Hey I had the same idea in another thread! Good idea! I say the victim's family should get first dibs on punishing the criminal if they want to.

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God is not a Christian.
My mistake, I thought you were.

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"Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world, and behold I guard it until it is ablaze."
Gospel of Thomas

It's my understanding that the Bible doesn't actually describe any sort of hell; it's the lack of everlasting life (i.e. nonexistence) that results if you don't go to heaven.

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When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

NOt a Bible scholar...but:

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:41-42).

According to what I could find in about 2 minutes of looking - "hell" is described close to the above manner 7 times in the New Testament, and 63 times in the OT.

Those whom break society rules should not have society's protection.

It's not like I enjoy killing someone, BUT until a better plan comes along that doesn't include taxpayers keeping them alive or releasing them back into the public to become repeat offenders, I SAY gun the fucks down!!!!!

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

Or Noah's flood or any of the other vengeance acts.

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

You as a Christian!!!! How dare you judge another?

Please Donkey_Left, you dang well know that evil lives amongst us and that this evil IS just wrong.....If not, IMO you haven't lived long enough or seen what others have seen.

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Anyone who thinks freedom comes cheap, please put the blindfold on and stand against the wall.

Many times I believe Americans will have to take back the country and start a new government.

I was watching a documentary on it a few years back, so forgive me if I get the details wrong (it was a BBC broadcast on French TV). Hell is a name that relates to some sort of volcanically active sulfur pit somewhere in the holy land. The concept was that if you (your soul) got thrown in there, it would be consumed. To the best of my knowledge, there isn't anything about hell being a place of eternal torment; quite the opposite. It's a place where your soul is consumed and then there is nothingness because you cease to exist, instead of receiving the gift of everlasting life.

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When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid
Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

What does that have to do with not being vengeful?

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"Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world, and behold I guard it until it is ablaze."
Gospel of Thomas

It depends on how you interpret it. You can interpret the Bible to say just about anything you want. Thats why there are so many different branches of Christianity... different people interpreting it how they want and preaching their crap to others.

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How's this for a defense: There was no crime here your honor. My client was only attempting top perform a late term abortion. The fetus was only 44 weeks along when he elected to 'abort' it. It is the fault of the state Texas for not having "abortion on demand" clinics, paid for by the taxpayer of course, up until the moment of conception. Had these facilities been available my poor client would not have been forced to attempt this procedure without proper medical supervision. For this reason we not only request that this charge be dismissed, we seek damages against the state of Texas in the amount of ten billion dollars!


Microwaves. Hmm. Maybe that would be a good way to execute murderers? Put 'em on high for 60 seconds and watch their fucking eyeballs explode?

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I think at this point there needs to be a focus on an immediate increase in spending and I think this is a time when deficit fear has to take a second seat . . . I believe later on there should be tax increases. Speaking personally, I think there are a lot of very rich people out there whom we can tax at a point down the road and recover some of the money."
-- Barney Frank, October 20, 2008

The connection between this issue and your personal opinions of abortion is a very feeble one.

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