Your Vote, Your Reasons

[angel_luv]

So was Joshua obeying the commandment that says "thou shall not murder" when he stormed Jericho and killed all those people inside the walls?

When a soldier kills someone in a war zone is it considered murder?

Were our forefathers wrong for intiating the War of Independence? After all, they shed blood in obtaining this land and their freedom.

Those are sincere questions.

[ElNono]

Christian god is spelled God.

Whatever, I don't think anybody is not understanding me here.

[angel_luv]

It was sincere.



Well, you said:

"I must remain open in the case which God instructs me to do something which may not make complete ( or any) sense to me."

that's why I was wondering...

God's Word is His already spoken instructions to me.

I know I am not to murder. I know I am to love God with all my heart and love my neighbor as myself.
I know I am to he. I know I am to pay my taxes.

I don't need guidance in these areas. The standards have already been set; the precepts have already been recorded.

[Shastafarian]

When a soldier kills someone in a war zone is it considered murder?

Were our forefathers wrong for intiating the War of Independence? After all, they shed blood in obtaining this land and their freedom.

Those are sincere questions.

Well I'm not claiming to live by the letter of the bible. Sometimes bloodshed is necessary. Joshua and his army storming Jericho and killing civilians was murder, sure.

[ratm1221]

I have two jobs and in the past year was given raises at both, without even having to ask.

So you really believe praying gets you petty things like raises at work? Where exactly does this start and end? If a little girl prays for a kitten and she gets a kitten, that's because she prayed? Who's fault is it if she doesn't get the kitten? She didn't pray enough?

That logic makes absolutely no sense to me.

[Trainwreck2100]

He thinks as long as you capitalize the "g" in god you aren't breaking the "thou shall not use my name in vain" commandment. He's wrong but it's still funny.

No, saying God dammit is using his name in vain. Spelling god like you would any other god shows a lack of respect. i know you people view him as fictional as greek gods but is respect for another's belief that hard to ask.

[ElNono]

God's Word is His already spoken instructions to me.

I know I am not to murder. I know I am to love God with all my heart and love my neighbor as myself.
I know I am to he. I know I am to pay my taxes.

I don't need guidance in these areas. The standards have already been set; the precepts have already been recorded.

I see... thanks for answering the question.

[romad_20]

When a soldier kills someone in a war zone is it considered murder?

Were our forefathers wrong for intiating the War of Independence? After all, they shed blood in obtaining this land and their freedom.

Those are sincere questions.

Not the same as talking to someone no one can see and killing people because of what he says.

[Shastafarian]

God's Word is His already spoken instructions to me.

I know I am not to murder. I know I am to love God with all my heart and love my neighbor as myself.
I know I am to he. I know I am to pay my taxes.

I don't need guidance in these areas. The standards have already been set; the precepts have already been recorded.

Yeah but what if you got a new message and it told you to kill someone? Would you do it in the name of God?

[ElNono]

No, saying God dammit is using his name in vain. Spelling god like you would any other god shows a lack of respect. i know you people view him as fictional as greek gods but is respect for another's belief that hard to ask.

Rest assured I respect your belief. I just don't believe nor respect your god.

[ratm1221]

God's Word is His already spoken instructions to me.

I know I am not to murder. I know I am to love God with all my heart and love my neighbor as myself.
I know I am to he. I know I am to pay my taxes.

I don't need guidance in these areas. The standards have already been set; the precepts have already been recorded.

People that get messages from god get a nice warm coat and a room with white, padded walls.

[Shastafarian]

No, saying God dammit is using his name in vain. Spelling god like you would any other god shows a lack of respect. i know you people view him as fictional as greek gods but is respect for another's belief that hard to ask.

lol It is using his name in vain. It is using it "flippantly and routinely" and "is certainly to treat God's name as if it had no meaning". I'm sorry I don't cater to your supers ions.

[clambake]

why wouldn't god, considering your immense relationship with him, tell you if obama were the anti-christ?

[Trainwreck2100]

Not the same as talking to someone no one can see and killing people because of what he says.

If you dont do it the voices won't go away And after they go away you start to miss them AND you killed somebody.

[ratm1221]

why wouldn't god, considering your immense relationship with him, tell you if obama were the anti-christ?

Good question.

[romad_20]

If you dont do it the voices won't go away And after they go away you start to miss them AND you killed somebody.

Agreed. I know how pesky those damn voices can be

[Trainwreck2100]

lol It is using his name in vain. It is using it "flippantly and routinely" and "is certainly to treat God's name as if it had no meaning". I'm sorry I don't cater to your supers ions.

You see it as using his name in vain, i really don't give a crap how you use it, cause you don't believe. I also don't care how you use it when you talk to other's like yourself, i just ask that when talking to someone that does believe that you show respect for their beliefs.

[Trainwreck2100]

Agreed. I know how pesky those damn voices can be

Just the one was bad, the other three were my friends.

[clambake]

Good question.

has she asked god if obama is the anti-christ?

if she hasn't, then why not?

[Shastafarian]

You see it as using his name in vain, i really don't give a crap how you use it, cause you don't believe. I also don't care how you use it when you talk to other's like yourself, i just ask that when talking to someone that does believe that you show respect for their beliefs.

How should I show respect? Should I start participating in your beliefs? Because that's what capitalizing god would be. No thanks. I don't like to participate in things I don't believe in.

[ElNono]

You see it as using his name in vain, i really don't give a crap how you use it, cause you don't believe. I also don't care how you use it when you talk to other's like yourself, i just ask that when talking to someone that does believe that you show respect for their beliefs.

I respect your belief in whatever it is, be it god, zeus, tim duncan, satan, etc et etc. If that's what works for you, great. But please don't ask me to believe or respect YOUR imaginary friend.

[angel_luv]

So you really believe praying gets you petty things like raises at work? Where exactly does this start and begin? If a little girl prays for a kitten and she gets a kitten, that's because she prayed? Who's fault is it if she doesn't get the kitten? She didn't pray enough?

That logic makes absolutely no sense to me.

I pray always, about everything.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and pe ion, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God

[Trainwreck2100]

How should I show respect? Should I start participating in your beliefs? Because that's what capitalizing god would be. No thanks. I don't like to participate in things I don't believe in.

Then what do you call Allah? since saying Allah to a Muslim is apart of their "supers ion"

[Shastafarian]

Then what do you call Allah? since saying Allah to a Muslim is apart of their "supers ion"

So you're equating using the name of different deity with capitalizing a letter in the english language....seriously?

[clambake]

I pray always, about everything.

do you pray for obama's soul or his defeat?

do you ask god to reveal the truth about obama?