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>True Christians have no enemies
False. True Christians do not have baseless hatred or overrule the Will of God. There are enemies of God and Christendom and we are called to cut them off from the community.
Forgiveness and mercy =/= allowing injustice
Mercy and forgiveness is offering a solution to a repentant soul. It is not allowing criminals to continue perpetrating evil or allowing your countrymen to be violated by invaders.
Jesus never instructed us to be apathetic and idle. His surrender to the Jews was only done for the purpose of the Crucifixion knowing that He would descend to Hell (Abraham’s Bosom not the fires) and rise again in three days to Heaven. The high priests were still ordained priests despite their betrayal and the Romans had authority to appoint kings in their territories. Both of their authority were necessary for the eternal sacrifice.
Jews intentionally took it out of context to teach pacifism so they could subvert without resistance. Allowing corruption and crime is a sin in of itself.
False. True Christians do not have baseless hatred or overrule the Will of God. There are enemies of God and Christendom and we are called to cut them off from the community.
Forgiveness and mercy =/= allowing injustice
Mercy and forgiveness is offering a solution to a repentant soul. It is not allowing criminals to continue perpetrating evil or allowing your countrymen to be violated by invaders.
Jesus never instructed us to be apathetic and idle. His surrender to the Jews was only done for the purpose of the Crucifixion knowing that He would descend to Hell (Abraham’s Bosom not the fires) and rise again in three days to Heaven. The high priests were still ordained priests despite their betrayal and the Romans had authority to appoint kings in their territories. Both of their authority were necessary for the eternal sacrifice.
Jews intentionally took it out of context to teach pacifism so they could subvert without resistance. Allowing corruption and crime is a sin in of itself.
2. impale your enemy
3. pray again
You literally can't, though.
> Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
> Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
-Romans
Given the context this is being written in, Paul is being very explicit. You may *refuse to comply* with the government *if* they are ordering you to sin, but under *no* circumstances are you to actually defend yourself from them, under threat of damnation. No matter how they oppress you. If someone quotes these verses as evidence that your views are "unchristian," they aren't spinning some sneaky interpretation. They're just right.
If I were a jew, I'd be rubbing my hands pretty giddily at the thought of White people irreversibly internalizing these teachings as morally binding.
I'm just pointing out, that stance does deviate from Christian orthodoxy, and it does functionally make you something that is of your own design.
If you love yourself, you must want the best for yourself, which means surrendering to God.
Remember that you, as a child of Eve, are capable of Good and evil. Submitting to God's will is not to become a puppet, but to let go of everything about yourself except what is Good. It is still your will, but it is the absolute best of what you could be.
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/catechism-of-st-pius-x-1286
It's not your place to take vengeance. You are fallible while God knows everything. He knows how to punish sin, even if it doesn't look that way to you. You may see sinners escaping justice, but all you see is their public face, not their inner heart, but God sees and knows what they truly fear.
Your duty to God is to remain faithful in the face of evil and trust in God. We are not in the state we're in because Good men have done nothing, but because men have despaired and turned from Good in the face of evil.
lol wow
This is Christianity's biggest problem imo, and it's why it cannot be "The Answer" to our current issues. This teaching is spiritually cucked, plain and simple. According to this dogma, if your state run institutions get captured, GG. Revolt is a sin unless you're a prince or politician who orders it from on high. You've gotta voot your way back into power before it becomes not sinful to try and create radical change again.
White men, the common folk, taking matters into their own hands when power becomes corrupt is something they've historically treated as a textbook moral duty (the foundation of America, hello?) I spit on the notion that doing so is "sinful."