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@Wrangler @Armour of God @NayborBear I take it as a given that you believe Jesus led the Crusades. If you don’t, please say so. A 1st century timeframe question: How many holy wars, if any, do you believe Jesus and the apostles led?

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You created and offered a comical fantasy for me to consider. I did.

“So much of our justification for killing and war flows out of our allegiance to a nation, instead of the Kingdom of God. We are willing to hold one rule for our nation state and one for ourselves. But in Christ there can be no such inconsistency. The first Christians spoke out clearly against...

I acknowledge that you are indeed counseling violence. That’s an indisputable fact. Did the apostles counsel followers of Jesus to kill their enemies? AI Overview response - “No. The apostles never counseled followers of Jesus to kill their enemies. Instead, New Testament teachings emphasize...

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The cycle is broken by living the teaching of Jesus and the apostles. @Wrangler @Armour of God @NayborBear Your counsel is for followers of Jesus to perpetuate the cycle of violence. My counsel is for followers of Jesus to break the cycle of violence. P.S. ”Humanity has long suffered under...

The pattern in the world is to hate your enemy, which leads to killing your enemy. That’s not the pattern which Jesus and the apostles taught his followers to live and teach others. What’s needed in order to follow them is a transformed mind. @Wrangler @Armour of God @NayborBear

Did Jesus harm anyone when he drove animals out of the Temple? AI Overview response - “Biblical accounts do not state that Jesus physically injured anyone during the cleansing of the Temple. While he made a whip of cords to drive out the sheep and cattle and overturned tables, scholarly and...

“Delight in the holy generosity of speaking well of those who differ from you.” - Matthew Henry