The good man that turned bad out of necessity

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Matthias

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@marks I can’t quote post # 260 so this is my response to it. If you’re dead set in your mind that I’m dishonest - or any other synonym of your choosing - then it would be wise for you not to spend your time reading my posts. On that premise, my advice was don’t read my posts or post to me.

You asked me if I wanted you to stop reading and posting to me. I told you no. Why?

I want you to change your mind about me. You can’t do that if you stop reading my posts.
 

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I'm not into your games. The best way to disinterest me in a post is to write in the manipulative ways such as you do.

You say I won't want to hear it . . . I take you at your word. And stop reading, and move on, because whatever follows that, I'm not interested.
I don't know the full story between you and @Matthias . However the reason I stopped watching this thread was it sounded like Mathias was grilling @Riven However then Riven said he was ok with it.

Anyhow I just checked back yesterday to see what was happening here now.
 

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I don't know the full story between you and @Matthias . However the reason I stopped watching this thread was it sounded like Mathias was grilling @Riven However then Riven said he was ok with it.

Anyhow I just checked back yesterday to see what was happening here now.
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“Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” - Jesus

Jesus is addressing his followers, not the civil government.

”We do not use the weapons of the world.” - Paul

Paul is addressing followers of Jesus, not the civil government.

The followers of Jesus are harmless. The civil government is armed, ready to kill.

The two don’t mix. The two became mixed.

A crew, consisting of Christians and non-Christians, killing non-Christians and Christians.
 

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“About 0.2 seconds after the detonation over Hiroshima, the fireball created reached a surface temperature of 7,700 degrees Celsius. From 0.2 seconds to 3 seconds after detonation, the intense heat emitted from the fireball exerted powerful effects on the ground. Temperatures near the hypocenter reached 3,000-4,000 degrees Celsius. This heat burned human skin as far as 3.5 kilometers from the hypocenter. Within 1.2 kilometers people directly exposed without shielding were burned through all layers of skin and into the tissues below. Nearly all died instantly or within a few days.”


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Romans 13:1-4.
 

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“About 0.2 seconds after the detonation over Hiroshima, the fireball created reached a surface temperature of 7,700 degrees Celsius. From 0.2 seconds to 3 seconds after detonation, the intense heat emitted from the fireball exerted powerful effects on the ground. Temperatures near the hypocenter reached 3,000-4,000 degrees Celsius. This heat burned human skin as far as 3.5 kilometers from the hypocenter. Within 1.2 kilometers people directly exposed without shielding were burned through all layers of skin and into the tissues below. Nearly all died instantly or within a few days.”


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Romans 13:1-4.
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… the mixing of the role of the church with the role of the state in the 4th century; the formation of the church-state. The Pope running the show (until the Protestant Reformation.)

What has that led to? Things like this, for example.

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William Tyndale. Burned at the stake by the civil government. October 6, 1536.
 

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Because he's not a man if he's unwilling to do bad things. Sometimes you're forced to do bad things for the greater good. That's how the world works.

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These men embraced the philosophy of “willing to do bad things for the greater good.”