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You asked your question about an unrelated hypothetical circumstance in response to my question about clergy in the military being armed and killing their enemies. He may or may not respond to my question. Will you?

This is a mild form of the question. Usually this fiend also wants to rape my wife, my daughter, my grandmother and, if the questioner really wants to lay it on thick, then murder them - and the family pets. While I sit quietly, watching the unspeakable horror unfold, until finally this...

War is a hell of a way to love your enemy.

Among other things, I’m a retired clergyman. Do you think the clergy should be armed and kill their enemies in combat?

How you choose to see me is your business. It doesn’t change anything at all for me. You know (from firsthand experience) and you do it anyway. I know (without going through the experience) and refuse to do it. I’ve counseled a few combat veterans. They’ve all had PTSD to varying degrees...

Knowing as you do that it is evil, would you have me do it anyway and violate my conscience? ”Do not repay evil with evil” (1 Peter 3:9).

Nothing has changed. It’s been a spiritual battle from the beginning. Good night. Sleep well.

No sale.

I’ll give you an example @Freedm - Dagon, the deity, the god, the elohim, of the Philistines. If the English translation isn’t sufficient,then we can go to the LXX for confirmation. The Greek equivalent for the Hebrew elohim is theos (if the meaning is singular) or theoi (if the meaning is...

Angels are called gods in scripture. Human persons are called gods in scripture. Pagan deities are called gods in scripture. Even Satan himself is called god in scripture. Paul tells his readers that the idols are nothing. They are backed by demons (fallen angels).

No. If you’ll pick up a Bible, select any passage of your choosing where the word occurs, and we will see that it is always singular in meaning and the translators have translated it that way in English. If you would like to do that exercise with me, I would be happy to do so.

When their eyes were opened who did they see? The bodily resurrected Messiah. The very same bodily resurrected Messiah that the Apostles and other disciples were to see, touch, feel ... the needle is stuck on the jukebox. In a similar manner that they recognized Jesus. How will you recognize...

Yikes! We are so far apart on this that even the distance from the earth to the moon - and back! - would be an inadequate way to accurately express it.