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   From: shell-stamford@cox.net   
      
   "A Watcher"  wrote in message   
   news:bCisk.29940$TO6.26233@newsfe11.ams2...   
   > Chuck stated:   
   >>WE can't sit by and   
   >>watch the beloved harmed without doing something about it...whatever we   
   >>can,   
   >>up to the limit of our strength and gifts in the Lord.   
   >   
   > Attacking others and killing them is forbidden by Christ.   
   > Even self-defence is a no,no.   
   > "39 But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you   
   > on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if someone wants to   
   > sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41 If   
   > someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles." Matt 5:39-41   
   >   
   >> And none of this is   
   >>an excuse for defending our own lives when they are threatened simply so   
   >>that we can continue to live on earth.   
   >   
   > Why else would you do it, but to stay alive?   
      
   Are you blind?  To protect the beloved from harm.  That's why God does it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)