I suppose I need to redact my response as well. Otherwise it just looks like I'm talking to myself.
This is the only part I will leave:
I will only add that you are right, we disagree. I do not believe that God intended his people to be slaughtered wholesale by evil folks because of a misguided definition of "love". Your mileage apparently varies, which is the basis of the disagreement.
God does not love everyone equally, nor does God require it of us. For example, it is written that "God loved Jacob, but hated Esau".
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This is the only part I will leave:
Quote:I'll stay out of your threads from here on out if it upsets you so. I was under the impression that you were seeking discussion rather than seeking to expound propaganda unopposed. My mistake, I apologize.
I will only add that you are right, we disagree. I do not believe that God intended his people to be slaughtered wholesale by evil folks because of a misguided definition of "love". Your mileage apparently varies, which is the basis of the disagreement.
God does not love everyone equally, nor does God require it of us. For example, it is written that "God loved Jacob, but hated Esau".
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake