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Please people or God? The two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. However, if forced to choose, and if one tries to please at all through the motivation of love, I would choose to try to please God, first, and people, second. It is what Jesus recommends: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with...

Christianity has some rather odd traditions, also. Best wishes 2RM.

Hmmm. I am a Christian living in social housing among mainly Moslems. I can affirm that 1) They worship God, (they call Him Allah) and 2) They never cause me any problems, unlike the white working class residents. Anyway, I couldn't quite make out from your post what are the two questions you...

Funny, this. I take a far more sanguine view of the state of the west than you guys seem to. Of course, not everything is perfect, but we would be foolish to expect that. But we are free, in our liberal democracies, and to my way of thinking, that counts for a whole lot. And I resent the...

Some people are straight, some people are not. Get over it, guys 'n' gals. And, as Jesus commanded us, love your neighbour, and love your enemy. Best wishes, 2RM

I defy you to indicate where, on this thread, I have advocated redistribution by force, government or otherwise. Seems to me the moral case is an adequate justification on its own. And the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth is an entirely voluntary institution. All it takes is love. Best wishes, 2RM.

There are none so blind as those who will not see. I don't hate wealth. In fact I think it to be a thoroughly good thing. So good, I think everyone should have some. Best wishes, 2RM.

And your point would be..? Best wishes, 2RM.

I posted this here because I'm interested in the ethical and philosophical implications of the confessional. So, I get where confession is coming from. The first stage of repentance involves recognising where one's faults lie, and beginning to make amends. But I have my doubts about the...

Yes, I thought you might say something like that. The thing is, our personalities and proclivities are part genetic, part our environment, part the exercise of our will. 'Til our societies do something to provide us all with a decent environment, it must bear part of the responsibility for...

Judge not, lest ye be judged. Condemn not, lest ye be condemned. Best wishes, 2RM.

Indeed. However my experience is that as we get older, we get a little bit wiser. Provided they are literate, and have access to learning materials, there is no reason to give up on them. Best wishes, 2RM.

I'm half inclined to agree. However, deterrence is only one reason to punish an individual for this or that crime. Among the others are vengeance, protection of the public, and rehabilitation. Believing, as I do, that the Christian God is a redemptive God, I put more emphasis on rehabilitation...

Hmmm. I think the planet would be pretty overcrowded by now, if we did not die. Best wishes, 2RM.

That doesn't mean you can guess at any number you want. And I thought we were discussing WW2, anyway. Best wishes, 2RM.

Surely, though, all people matter, regardless of their skin colour or religion? The shocking thing about the Nazi treatment of the Jews, though, was not so much the number of deaths (though that is important), but the application of industrial methods designed to eradicate an entire race. Best...

I have read that the death toll for the Soviet Union during WW2 was around the twenty million mark. That is a big number, I agree, possibly enough to condemn the perpetrators in God's eyes to a considerable degree of suffering in the hell of their own making. But it is not over a hundred...

Interesting. Why does it matter to you that these people were white? Why does it matter to you that these people were Christian? Best wishes, 2RM.

And your source for this assertion would be..? Or is this just more disinformation? Best wishes, 2RM.

I don't dispute any of that. I would merely suggest that without the Eastern front absorbing much of the Nazi military efforts and assets, it is quite likely that D-Day would not have happened, or the venture failed, and Europe would still be under either a Fascist or Communist yoke, depending...