of course you are
:yawn: that's nice
nope
It's not nice at all but it most certainly is true. It's kinda funny when you accuse other people of trolling here given your history but eh, do carry on. The projection is almost hilarious.
of course you are
:yawn: that's nice
nope
The Bible doesn't say "torture." It says torment.
Why is separation from God not the cause of their torment, instead of God Himself?
Because they never got right with God.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. - James 1:8 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James1:8&version=KJV
artie - imagine that I have kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered seventeen small children
do i deserve justice or "love"?
I refrained from presenting this scenario to Arty earlier in this thread because I've posed it to him a couple times before.
Based on a true story (unfortunately):
A mother and a father have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is several years older than his sister. Their parents love both of them dearly.
The parents find out that their son has been molesting his sister, and even though they're devastated, they still love both of their children. Glory, what should the parents do?
It's one of those cases of people wanting their cake and eating it, too.
They can say, "You'll burn in hell" and then say they didn't mention torture.
For what do they burn? For their wicked ways? Or for their unbelief?
Lots of opinions, but I can argue both sides of this issue myself.
And, even worse, I can convince myself to believe both sides. :chuckle:
[MENTION=10403]Arthur Brain[/MENTION]:
What kind of a rabbit trail are you inviting me to enter, JR?
I'll jump. I would NOT break up the family, and send the boy off to reform school.
I would counsel them and watch them closely so the offence would not be continued.
I'm not sure why you think this question is worth a reply...much less clogging up the board with it.
Justice is apart from love, so why are you insisting one make a choice.
Like that makes any difference to a person who's suffering...
The semantics where it comes to torment/torture is just unreal. Like that makes any difference to a person who's suffering.
Then there's the hyperbole arguments of those who have committed heinous atrocities/simple unbelief. The "Hitler" one comes up pretty often except if it's actual lack of belief that sends someone to "hell" then a lot of the victims of such would be in the same place.
One difference is that whilst I despise the unloving attitudes of certain ilk who believe and even take glee in the prospect of the suffering of others, I wouldn't return the same in kind. I'd hope that all of mankind takes a step forward, flaws and all and have hope in something way beyond man made doctrine.
[MENTION=10403]Arthur Brain[/MENTION]:
not asking you glory
artie - imagine that I have kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered seventeen small children
do i deserve justice or "love"?
...On this plane and on the next, justice. ...
then you deny justice to the daughter
ok, so at least at some level you do understand that the wicked deserve justice :thumb:
ok, so at least at some level you do understand that the wicked deserve justice :thumb:
Maybe in your mind.
In fact, I would be exhibiting the forgiveness that God has shown to us all, and by protecting her from future molestation,
I would be providing justice.
Do you really think a sister would want her brother stoned to death? Do two wrongs make it right?
And as per usual you've quote mined my post.
What kind of a rabbit trail are you inviting me to enter, JR?
I'll jump. I would NOT break up the family, and send the boy off to reform school.
I would counsel them and watch them closely so the offence would not be continued.
And you would do this... How?
Justice is letting a rapist live?
Does justice depend on what the sister wants?
In other words, is the standard of justice arbitrary?