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love_magnified:
It doesn't change "love your enemies" for me. I can abhor evil and still repay evil with kindness. In fact the only way to repay evil with kindness IS to hate evil. I don't see how hating evil and loving both our brothers and sisters and enemies is a contradiction at all in any way.

YellowStone:
Me either :)

Not if you hate evil. :)

Love,

Yellowstone

carol v:
Great thread Sandy. When I first came to this forum quite awhile back, a young soldier in Iraq was being condemned and insulted for his service to his country instead of loved and nurtured through his trip through Babylon. Being the mother of two sons, I couldn't help but see my sons as this young man coming to the forum only to be condemned.

The sarcasm and condemnation aimed at this young man was only from a few members but they seemed to "hate" this young man alot more than the terrorists and serial killers like Zarqawi.

Hitler, serial killers, an endless list of evil abroad and at home -- are we to disband all military and the local police because we love our enemies. Are we not to protect our children, our families and ourselves at all? Are we not to prevent further victims?

I don't have the answers but it's questions like these that make "praying without ceasing" the best idea of all.

And I wonder what became of that young soldier who was rejected here at the forum.

carol

love_magnified:
Hi Carol, I never met this soldier, but I am sorry he was treated so unkindly. After coming to understand UR, I have found out the hard way that revelation can bring a hard heart to those who have no use for love (ie physical healings in physical Jerusalem did nothing for those who had no use for love either.)

I don't have all the answers either. Personally I don't think I could ever kill anyone and I am not sure about how to protect myself. I think protecting myself is something I want to avoid. But as for other people, it is hard to know. It just takes prayer to know what to do.

dogcombat:
Since I posted on the Zaquawi thread.  I want to make clear that I was NOT implying being against military action against Al-Quaida (Though I'll withhold comments on the War itself), but that I found no joy in his death.  I posted the verses fromProverbs 24 that said we are NOT to rejoice when the enemy falls or be glad when they stumble.  To me, it underscored the admonition to "love your enemies".   For if you only love those who only love you, what value is there?

I haven't forgotten victims like Nick Berg, or even those who perished on 9/11.  I pray for all involed in the war on terror.

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