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Again with the enslaved mindset. Why do you keep ignoring there where the Lord is, there is freedom, 2 Corinthians 3:17? Plus, there is plenty of sanction detailed in Scripture as summarized by these posts. You're just in denial.

What does give to Caesar what is Caesar mean to you in practice as it pertains to military service of killing people? Nothing.

Blatantly contradicting yourself. You claim to have provided the reasons FOR the Crusades in ‘multiple posts’ and in THE VERY SAME POST confess you haven’t defended the crusaders in any posts. You are so over—spiritualized, you cannot even intellectually acknowledge the reasons other devoted...

Oh? What post was that? I seem to recall you launched into immediate condemnation and couldn't even explain what your principle objection was to the Crusades. Here is the earliest post from you. Not defending the Crusaders is EXACTLY what you've done for 44 pages. Not once providing the...

Stop hijacking the thread. This thread is about the reasons FOR the Crusades. Seems you want to talk about anything but. Deflection. Odd fanaticism for a pacifist.

Suffering injustice is no excuse to do DO JUSTICE yourself. What kind of victim mentality is that?

Agreed. Like him slaughtering all his enemies as the first order of business upon his return. Do I have that Scripture correct?

No but your argument against Scripture principles in practice, like doing justice, buying a sword and using it IS a Strawman.

No! You and the over-spiritualized have been overcome by the spirit of the world. Made yourselves irrelevant. Jesus said to pluck out our eye if it causes us to do evil. That is soulful. He's not talking some spiritual allusion but bodily commitment. This sort of violence offends your delicate...

Someone has to. The book of Job is informative. God does not apologize or squirm from the unfolding atrocities he was a part of. As one Pastor put it, some Christians try to take God off the hook. He is perfectly comfortable on the hook and can take it. I form the light, and create darkness: I...

Strawman. Your pacifism does rationalize why Christians should violate Scripture and NOT do justice.

No. That's the over-spiritualized talking point! I'm not talking about "seen as" impractical. I'm saying the Bible IS extraordinarily practical and the over-spiritualized pretend their is no practical application to the soulful needs of God's children, for justice, for instance.

I will pray for you. I believe "love" is a translation error. The more precise word is compassion, which is universal. Love is naturally virtue dependent. That's what we love about other people and things. My car is dependable. I love it. My wife is loyal. I love it. When they fail to be...

The States created the Constitution. You don't think corrupt laws can be made by the Creature of the Constitution, aka the federal government?!

The LORD requires you to do justice. Micah 6:8 Sometimes doing justice means killing. Either bring criminals to justice or bring justice to them. These are the words of a follower of Jesus and it explains why he commanded us to buy a sword. He didn't command us to buy a pen and write a strongly...

Your words are not the words of one in touch of the practical side of life, where there is a need for the Crusades and other killing. To you, it's all kumbaya. Not realistic. Not soulful. Over-spiritualized. Christ told us to buy a sword for a practical reason, to kill. It wasn't for some...

It really is the worst time of year, despite the propaganda. Expectations rise beyond reality. People get stressed trying to achieve this dream. It is not a coincidence that more suicides are at this time of year.

Funny how the over-spiritualized just ignore these posts and the questions and implications they contain For the over-spiritualized, there is no practical purpose to buy a sword, feed the hungry, heal the sick, give to Caesar what is Caesar's (in terms of military service, i.e., be prepared...

There you go again! WHEN we celebrate. WHAT we celebrate. Not the same thing. The expression “The reason for the season” does not refer to the astronomical season of winter. It refers to when we celebrate Christ's birth. I think you know this and are just rationalizing.

Yes, evidence is synonymous with a fact in logic. No. And this goes back to our unbelieving friends. What is the standard of proof? In courts, there are 2 standards: criminal and civil. In a criminal case, the standard is the highest - beyond "reasonable" doubt. They say this means 90% SURE...