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gbaikie — 12/17/2006 11:54:53 PM (archived)

"Can one love one's enemy and do good to him while killing him at the same time? Sounds a lot like the Martian concept of "cherishing" in Stranger in a Strange Land. Surely we are not Martians."

Some are from Mars and some are from Venus- some people say.

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WWJD - azstrummer - 12/14/2006 5:56:41 PM
- our hard-core Christian right members - FrankC - 12/16/2006 9:56:30 PM
  - Personal experience - azstrummer - 12/17/2006 6:12:46 PM
    - re: Personal experience - FrankC - 12/20/2006 12:10:51 AM
      - the other option - azstrummer - 12/20/2006 5:09:12 PM
  - re: Carter - Raoul - 12/16/2006 11:43:15 PM
    - Why Carter got the Nobel Prize - TB - 12/17/2006 2:09:05 AM
      - "With the position Carter has taken on this, it can and must also be seen as criticism of the line the current U.S. administration has taken on Iraq. " - R.L. - 12/17/2006 2:27:52 AM
        
        That's okay. They gave Arafat one, too. (n/t) - TB - 12/17/2006 4:42:39 AM
        
        re: Will you ever admit the rest of the world was right about this mess in Iraq? - Raoul - 12/17/2006 9:06:10 AM
        
        Congratulations on Belgium's enlightened non-involvement. - TB - 12/18/2006 2:10:20 AM
    - Pity they didn't consult me (g) (n/t) - FrankC - 12/17/2006 12:22:38 AM
- Carter has never turned the other cheek. - Scott Evil - 12/14/2006 11:08:02 PM
  - Disagree - M.A.E. - 12/15/2006 12:57:26 AM
  - So your insinuation is.. - azstrummer - 12/15/2006 12:03:42 AM
- Some "Christians" regard the "Sermon on the Mount" as optional. - Bowser - 12/14/2006 10:08:52 PM
  - In Canada is it the Sermon on the Mounties? - azstrummer - 12/14/2006 11:04:10 PM
- re: WWJD - TB - 12/14/2006 7:28:10 PM
  - Jesus was asking for it? - azstrummer - 12/14/2006 8:32:19 PM
    - re: Christian soldiers - TB - 12/14/2006 9:20:35 PM
      - "...but I say unto you, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you." - Mary Anne - 12/16/2006 10:48:22 PM
        
        re: "...but I say unto you, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you." - gbaikie - 12/17/2006 11:54:53 PM
      - Poking beehives - azstrummer - 12/14/2006 10:39:19 PM
        
        re: War - TB - 12/15/2006 4:10:58 AM
        
        Logic in religion - azstrummer - 12/15/2006 7:54:24 PM
        
        PRAY FOR A SECULAR SOCIETY - R.L. - 12/15/2006 8:05:39 PM
      - re: Christian soldiers - LS - 12/14/2006 9:36:59 PM
        
        Try the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." (n/t) - TB - 12/15/2006 4:11:28 AM
      - God still fights on the side of the heaviest artillery - Laurie Street - 12/14/2006 9:36:10 PM
  - re: Carter - Raoul - 12/14/2006 8:31:06 PM
    - re: cheeks - TB - 12/14/2006 9:08:31 PM
      - re: cheeks - REB - 12/15/2006 2:37:09 PM
        
        re: Home grown - Raoul - 12/15/2006 6:36:46 PM
        
        Back to Al-Andalus - REB - 12/15/2006 6:55:55 PM
        
        In comparison, the Muslim population of France and America. - REB - 12/15/2006 7:12:02 PM
        
        re: So? - Raoul - 12/15/2006 8:20:19 PM
        
        Like I said, Europe needs to wake up. - REB - 12/15/2006 9:14:58 PM
        
        re: Those words - Raoul - 12/15/2006 11:13:33 PM
      - re: cheeks= non violence - Raoul - 12/14/2006 9:52:28 PM
        
        "Heaviest artillery" - TB - 12/15/2006 4:22:09 AM
    - re: Carter - azstrummer - 12/14/2006 8:38:03 PM

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