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   From: shell-stamford@cox.net   
      
   "A Watcher"  wrote in message   
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   > "Chuck Stamford"  wrote in message   
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   >> "A Watcher"  wrote in message   
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   >>> 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.   
   >   
   > You speak with such complete deluded contradiction, (you cannot even see   
   > it) you are just not worth debating with.   
      
   Excellent!  Then I will expect you to stop doing it.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)