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Since Monday 230 people got killed, among them 60 children, in East-Ghuta near Damascus alone. And at least 700 people got injured. Assad won’t allow for any humanitarian aid to reach these people.
Since Monday 230 people got killed, among them 60 children, in East-Ghuta near Damascus alone. And at least 700 people got injured. Assad won’t allow for any humanitarian aid to reach these people.
And the Christian answer to such suffering is to post defaming bile against refugees and those who are willing to offer them shelter?
No comment...it says it all.
The civil war in Syria has been going on for years. And for years my church has been speaking out for those who fled its horrors and helped them whereever it could.Weird. A person posts about their dismay of her country's leadership, and you somehow take that as a Christian answer to something that happened a few days ago?
God Bless,
Taken
The civil war in Syria has been going on for years. And for years my church has been speaking out for those who fled its horrors and helped them whereever it could.
To me it seems Trudeau is acting more like a Christian than those who are driven by fear, selfishness and envy. Guess these days, if Jesus was asked what “love of neighbour” means, He wouldn’t use a Samaritan as an example of somebody who practises it, but either liberals such as Trudeau or a Muslim.
Oh I get it: you don’t like to pay taxes. Nobody does. However, this is what Christ has to say about them:Surely you are aware of the difference between being
FORCED to give and FREELY giving??
Because it is Governments that FORCE one to give, to whom the Government CHOOSES to dole out the peoples wealth to....
And it is INDIVIDUALS who Freely Choose to give their own wealth to WHOM they Decide.
Scripture does not teach FORCING.
Scripture does teach to be a Cheerful Giver.
You PRESUME because one does not LIKE, a Government taking her Wealth by FORCE and a Government doling it out to WHOM they decide......equals a person not charitable.
Which is totally nonsense.
If "your Church" has decided to dole out their wealth to a particular cause....that is "that Churches choice".....
If "you" choose to agree with "your Churches decision"...that is "your choice".
What your Church does, what you do....does not mean everyone is required to do what you do.
And on the flip side, What the OP writer does, or what I do, is of no concern of yours, that you must also do.
I could give you a long list of people, and charities, and causes.... THAT I CHOOSE to cheerfully give MY wealth to....but that is not necessary or do I presume you are not Christian like, because you do not voluntarily Give to WHOM, I choose to Give.
2 Cor 9:7
Every man according as
" HE PURPOSED IN HIS HEART",
So let him give;
not grudgingly,
Or of necessity:
For God love a cheerful giver.
Sorry, but what a government "purposes", and "forces".... as they have determined a "necessity";
has nothing to do with my heart or consideration!
Nor do I give COMPELLED wealth of mine, to the government "cheerfully".
God Bless,
Taken
So if somebody forced me to leave home and gave me the choice between moving to the USA or to Canada, I'd probably pick Canada.
Oh I get it: you don’t like to pay taxes.
Nobody does. However, this is what Christ has to say about them:
"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"
(Matthew 22:21)
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.”
(Matthew 23:23)
Now this is not directed against you personally. For all I know you may have given your last penny to the poor.
But if a country such as the USA –
rich, low taxes and loads of Christians who claim to want to give freely – still sports enormous levels of poverty,
it seems as if your vision on how to organize a fair society
doesn’t quite work out for all. So if somebody forced me to leave home and gave me the choice between moving to the USA or to Canada, I'd probably pick Canada.
Just make sure it would be Eastern Canada...you'd be happy there. :)
But none the less, I am sure Germany is just perfect , being such a welcoming liberal , loving country, unlike all us who are so 'worldly minded' in North America.
So if somebody forced me to leave home and gave me the choice between moving to the USA or to Canada, I'd probably pick Canada.
As does the US; Canada has some beautiful landscapes, big cities for those who like that, and many places of country charm. And liberalism like a cancer (of big ideas on how to decide to spend other people's wealth).
God Bless,
Taken
Agree, such beauty...the planet is wonderful and there is so much of God that is shown through His creation.
It is just "the world" that has become so ugly now.
Maybe through time it always has been...
maybe because news travels so much faster than it did centuries ago- we just know of it in more abundance.
Im sure back when they were having biblical famines as in the book of Ruth they found the world a very nasty place!![]()
Junobet lives in Germany, but she seems to know a whole lot about Canada and USA...and also many other things. I'm glad Germany has 'got it right' maybe they can teach the rest of the world.
Someone needs to! lol
There is all embracing and then there is all embracing with wisdom...
Joshua found this , we read in Joshua 9 , (I'm sure you remember...)
The enemy came to them..and lied ...12 "This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord."
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swear unto them..."
We know the story, how they tricked Joshua because he was moved by emotion and what he ( thought) that he saw.
Instead of obeying the Lord, because he was beguiled , he had to let them live instead of clearing the Land at God's commend. There is always a price to pay for not listening to the Lord. At the moment it seems emotions and taking the word of man over rules the "hearing of the ear".
Sadly we cannot trust the word of man...only the word of God.
But, that said...I do really believe it is all in God's Plan, what is coming may not be pleasant, but God is already in our all our tomorrows. :)
I’m sure Canada is beautiful in all its parts, but I don’t think I’d be happy there. Like most people – including most people who arrived in Canada in recent years – I would only leave my country if I really had to and I’d miss my neighbourhood, family and friends terribly if I had to live anywhere else.Just make sure it would be Eastern Canada...you'd be happy there. :)
But none the less, I am sure Germany is just perfect , being such a welcoming liberal , loving country, unlike all us who are so 'worldly minded' in North America.
Joshua? Literally? So concerning the refugees that arrived in Canada you’re suggesting genocide? Really? That’s Christian?Agree, such beauty...the planet is wonderful and there is so much of God that is shown through His creation. It is just "the world" that has become so ugly now. Maybe through time it always has been...maybe because news travels so much faster than it did centuries ago- we just know of it in more abundance.
Im sure back when they were having biblical famines as in the book of Ruth they found the world a very nasty place!
Junobet lives in Germany, but she seems to know a whole lot about Canada and USA...and also many other things. I'm glad Germany has 'got it right' maybe they can teach the rest of the world.
Someone needs to! lol
There is all embracing and then there is all embracing with wisdom...
Joshua found this , we read in Joshua 9 , (I'm sure you remember...)
The enemy came to them..and lied ...12 "This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord."
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swear unto them..."
We know the story, how they tricked Joshua because he was moved by emotion and what he ( thought) that he saw.
Instead of obeying the Lord, because he was beguiled , he had to let them live instead of clearing the Land at God's commend. There is always a price to pay for not listening to the Lord. At the moment it seems emotions and taking the word of man over rules the "hearing of the ear".
Sadly we cannot trust the word of man...only the word of God.
But, that said...I do really believe it is all in God's Plan, what is coming may not be pleasant, but God is already in our all our tomorrows. :)
Bless you...Helen