God Commands Righteous Violence

[Matthias]

I concur.

This is war. Lay down your weapons when it is over, not before. Which is not living by the sword, it's not dying by the sword.

Thanks for reading his commentary on the video. You‘ve gone with him.

Muslim propaganda: Christians are Vlad the Impaler. Kill them.

 

[Matthias]

A word to Muslims. True Christians aren’t Vlad the Impaler.

Know this:

“Jesus lied. … You are not following Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill” is not the teaching of genuine Christianity. It is the teaching of the evil one.

If you kill true Christians then you are killing those who are following the teaching and example of Jesus and the apostles. Don’t do it. It’s evil. We do not use the weapons of the world and we will be vindicated by God. He will take vengeance on you.

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A word to Christians and Muslims.

Put away the sword. Come, listen to, believe and follow Jesus of Nazareth.

P.S.

Divine judgement delivered through Nebuchadnezzar and Vespasian. Let’s think about it.

 

[Matthias]

 

[Matthias]

Vlad … Thoughts?

Fought like a Muslim.

 

[Matthias]

War and rememberance.

Confederate Memorial Day. Was and is a state holiday in Georgia.

Does anyone here observe it?

 

[ScottA]

Thanks for reading his commentary on the video. You‘ve gone with him.

Muslim propaganda: Christians are Vlad the Impaler. Kill them.

I don't know about Vlad the Impaler, but I am good with reeducating Christian men who have for so long been feminized by society and even within the church.

 

[Matthias]

I don't know about Vlad the Impaler …

How can you read the commentary and not know about Vlad the Impaler? He’s a Christian hero and role model, according to @Wrangler. (The speaker in the video - who made some good points - doesn’t even so much as mention Vlad’s name in passing.)

… but I am good with reeducating Christian men who have for so long been feminized by society and even within the church.

So am I.

 

[RLT63]

How can you read the commentary and not know about Vlad the Impaler? He’s a Christian hero and role model, according to @Wrangler. (The speaker in the video - who made some good points - doesn’t even so much as mention Vlad’s name in passing.)

Was Vlad the Impaler a Christian


Yes, Vlad III (Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Țepeș or Vlad Dracula), the 15th-century prince of Wallachia, was a Christian—specifically raised in and primarily identified with Eastern Orthodoxy. Wallachia was an Orthodox Christian principality. Vlad was born into this tradition (around 1428–1431). His father, Vlad II Dracul, belonged to the Order of the Dragon, a Christian knightly order founded to defend Christendom against Ottoman expansion. Vlad himself supported the Orthodox Church: he founded or endowed monasteries (including Comana), donated to sites such as Mount Athos, associated with monks, and framed his wars against the Ottoman Empire as defense of Christianity. In a 1462 letter to Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus, he cited fighting “for the preservation of Christianity.” Contemporary and later accounts portray him as viewing himself as a Christian crusader against Ottoman forces. There is evidence of a possible late conversion to Roman Catholicism. After his defeat and imprisonment in Hungary (roughly 1462–1475), some sources report that he converted (or was required to convert) from Orthodoxy to Catholicism as a condition for release, Hungarian support, and marriage ties. Slavic/Russian accounts criticized him as a heretic for this; Wikipedia and certain Western sources note the change; Orthodox-leaning accounts often question its sincerity or permanence and emphasize his ongoing Orthodox patronage and identity. He died in 1476/1477 fighting Ottomans while allied with Christian rulers (including Moldavia’s Stephen the Great). In short, he was a Christian ruler whose life and wars centered on defending Christian Wallachia and broader Christendom from Ottoman expansion, rooted in Orthodoxy, with a reported pragmatic late shift toward Catholicism under political pressure. His brutal methods (including mass impalement) were of their era and directed heavily at enemies and perceived traitors; Romanian tradition remembers him more as a national and Christian defender than the later vampire legend.
Source Grok

 

[Matthias]

Was Vlad the Impaler a Christian


Yes, Vlad III (Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad Țepeș or Vlad Dracula), the 15th-century prince of Wallachia, was a Christian—specifically raised in and primarily identified with Eastern Orthodoxy. Wallachia was an Orthodox Christian principality. Vlad was born into this tradition (around 1428–1431). His father, Vlad II Dracul, belonged to the Order of the Dragon, a Christian knightly order founded to defend Christendom against Ottoman expansion. Vlad himself supported the Orthodox Church: he founded or endowed monasteries (including Comana), donated to sites such as Mount Athos, associated with monks, and framed his wars against the Ottoman Empire as defense of Christianity. In a 1462 letter to Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus, he cited fighting “for the preservation of Christianity.” Contemporary and later accounts portray him as viewing himself as a Christian crusader against Ottoman forces. There is evidence of a possible late conversion to Roman Catholicism. After his defeat and imprisonment in Hungary (roughly 1462–1475), some sources report that he converted (or was required to convert) from Orthodoxy to Catholicism as a condition for release, Hungarian support, and marriage ties. Slavic/Russian accounts criticized him as a heretic for this; Wikipedia and certain Western sources note the change; Orthodox-leaning accounts often question its sincerity or permanence and emphasize his ongoing Orthodox patronage and identity. He died in 1476/1477 fighting Ottomans while allied with Christian rulers (including Moldavia’s Stephen the Great). In short, he was a Christian ruler whose life and wars centered on defending Christian Wallachia and broader Christendom from Ottoman expansion, rooted in Orthodoxy, with a reported pragmatic late shift toward Catholicism under political pressure. His brutal methods (including mass impalement) were of their era and directed heavily at enemies and perceived traitors; Romanian tradition remembers him more as a national and Christian defender than the later vampire legend.
Source Grok

I think that’s a reasonable summary.

Christians who follow the teaching and example of Jesus and the apostles don’t do to their enemies what Vlad did to his. Vlad tried to “out Muslim” the Muslims. The end justifies the means? (The Muslims took his head as a trophy.)

Vlad had no interest in evangelizing his enemy. He killed the mission field. The mission field killed him. What kind of a Christian is that?