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You’re a man with a broken spirit, and I’m a man filled with God’s spirit. I’m holding out my hand to you, and you’re slapping it away.

“… Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav, who lived centuries ago, famously said, ‘If you believe breaking is possible, believe fixing is possible.” (Rebecca Clarren, The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance, p. 230) This society is broken. Fixing is possible, and that is part of...

2 Corinthians 10:4. Not using the weapons of the world. I haven’t read Twain’s book.

“Can you imagine his thoughts? Turning to save the man that would imprison him, knowing that it meant confronting prison and the death penalty? It seems difficult to imagine, but that is what Jesus did for us. …” https://spencerboersma.com/2016/04/19/martyrs-mirror-living-the-cross-dirk-willems/

I’ve read it and recommend it.

Well said. Yes. Published in 1563. The Bloody Theater (an Anabaptist book) was published in 1660. Approximately 100 years separating the two

Few Christians even know it exists. It can be read at no cost online. (Link provided.) https://www.homecomers.org/mirror/ Yes. Every Christian should be prepared and willing to be. Yes. Widely known among Protestants.

The Bloody Theater, alternately known as Martyrs Mirror -> my story. (Link provided.) https://www.homecomers.org/mirror/dirk-willems.htm

What would it take for Christians today to disobey Jesus? Not much. All the devil has to do is threaten you and / or your family.

I invite readers to spend a few minutes reading about Christians who lived the life Messiah taught. Weep especially when you read the stories of Christians who were tormented, tortured and killed by their fellow Christians.

Martyrdom is far from the hearts of most Christians today. It wasn’t far from hearts of the earliest Christians. You who would kill your enemies aren’t like them.

I’m a child of God. If someone was murdering me in his presence, would God and Jesus do absolutely nothing? “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth at him. But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of...

Does Jesus use violence when his family is threatened? When his family is persecuted, tortured, murdered, does he kill those who are abusing them?

One can love the enemy while protecting the family and the weak without killing. ”Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21) Someone wanting to to do harm to a family is someone who is intent on doing evil. Do people who are set on killing their enemies think...

No. I was speaking softly from the heart.

Are you familiar with the Desmond Doss story from World War II?

You’ve made an assumption and jumped to a conclusion. There is no guarantee that anyone can stop the murder of someone else. You said that you were looking for a fruitful conversation with a conscientious objector. What do you consider fruitful?

Ask this worm again the direct and easy question. The worm will respond with a direct and easy answer. Scouts honor.

You have an 8th grade education. I have multiple college degrees, in multiple disciplines. The difference in our levels of education is irrelevant. Let’s glide through this together. I‘ve now addressed a military hypothetical and a home invasion hypothetical. If you have any other hypothetical...

Please review the conversation. You responded to a question I asked in regard to soldiers. We were speaking in a military context, not about a home invasion. I’ve already answered your question about killing someone who was seeking to harm my wife and/or my family. I’ll reiterate my answer for...