Originally posted by mad_gater
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and Scripture refers to those squatters in His Father's House as money changers, does it not?.....you accuse me of profaning a holy thing yet offer little, if any proof....were this a court of law you'd be laughed right out of court....and just as the actions of those squatters were an affront to God's property, as you said...so is a homeowner well within his rights to use similar means to run squatters out of his own home, as that squatter's actions are an affront to the property of the homeowner
And I would argue that no matter what kind of peace He was talking about, temporal or spiritual, the "sword imagery" sets a pretty harsh tone....albeit a necessary one....to teach that the Truth can be quite harsh...but I was merely making a point that a pure pacifist like some Christians have argued Christ was (not you perhaps but others) would not use imagery like that
Originally posted by mad_gater
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That's what I read into your post. Garhkal and Annoyed were arguing that you should be able to outright hunt down a looter and kill him in cold blood for simply breaking a window and trying to run off with a TV set. Then you made your post without saying anything to the contrary. So I apologize for misreading you in that regard.
Those two guys would seem to imply that they can simply shoot the squatter on sight.
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