Jesus cleared the temple of blasphemy as a typical example of what must happen in the church. He didn’t go around assaulting people for blasphemy or heresy. He told us to love our enemies and feed them. He also explained that attacking someone or insulting someone like that makes you a murderer in your heart. You know who else thinks punching people for wrong speech is the right way to go? Antifa, Islam, fundamentalist Jews, communists, etc. You really think the threat of violence, the way the world brings people to submission, is how the almighty God wants people to be brought to loving obedience? He wants loving submission given by free will. Our battle isn’t fought with worldly weapons and yet here you are wanting to use the weapons of men to force compliance, exercising authority never given to you.
I have a right to self defense and probably more in the use of violence. That's the basis of this argument. Violence can be employed by Christians, though it's hardly a Christian thing to do.
Is it the highest or best calling to employ it, of course not. Is it requisite for the survival and well being of your family and nation? Of course it is.
He didn’t go around assaulting people for blasphemy or heresy
That's literally what He did. I can't believe you went to that passage that proves the opposite.
14 And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers [a]doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”
John 2:14-16
Remember, this is the same God that said:
“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.”
The "hippy-Jesus" you talk about is 2 dimensional and nonexistent. Our Lord is both loving, merciful and just and justice sometimes necessitates violence. This ties to my other comment about disciplining children - a father should be an icon of God in the family. I'll leave the conclusions to you. This is the true Christian morality and I showcased that aspect quoting our most cherished Church father St. John Chrysostom who gave us the Orthodox liturgical service.
Jesus cleared the temple of blasphemy as a typical example of what must happen in the church. He didn’t go around assaulting people for blasphemy or heresy. He told us to love our enemies and feed them. He also explained that attacking someone or insulting someone like that makes you a murderer in your heart. You know who else thinks punching people for wrong speech is the right way to go? Antifa, Islam, fundamentalist Jews, communists, etc. You really think the threat of violence, the way the world brings people to submission, is how the almighty God wants people to be brought to loving obedience? He wants loving submission given by free will. Our battle isn’t fought with worldly weapons and yet here you are wanting to use the weapons of men to force compliance, exercising authority never given to you.
I have a right to self defense and probably more in the use of violence. That's the basis of this argument. Violence can be employed by Christians, though it's hardly a Christian thing to do.
Is it the highest or best calling to employ it, of course not. Is it requisite for the survival and well being of your family and nation? Of course it is.
That's literally what He did. I can't believe you went to that passage that proves the opposite.
John 2:14-16
Remember, this is the same God that said:
The "hippy-Jesus" you talk about is 2 dimensional and nonexistent. Our Lord is both loving, merciful and just and justice sometimes necessitates violence. This ties to my other comment about disciplining children - a father should be an icon of God in the family. I'll leave the conclusions to you. This is the true Christian morality and I showcased that aspect quoting our most cherished Church father St. John Chrysostom who gave us the Orthodox liturgical service.