Originally posted by @thinkofoneSo you don’t think God uses human beings to carry out His will?
" Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
God is saying that vengeance is HIS and HE will repay.
God is not saying that vengeance is the GOVERNMENT'S and the GOVERNMENT will repay.
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Originally posted by @romans1009I think that " Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” does not say that vengeance is to be administered by a government. If God's point in voicing those words was to articulate that vengeance is to be administered by a government, He failed utterly.
So you don’t think God uses human beings to carry out His will?
Originally posted by @thinkofoneSo you don’t think God uses human beings to carry out His will?
I think that " Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord” does not say that vengeance is to be administered by a government. If God's point in voicing those words was to articulate that vengeance is to be administered by a government, He failed utterly.
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Originally posted by @romans1009It seemed like your original point was about what was actually being said or not said. That's what I've been addressing.
So you don’t think God uses human beings to carry out His will?
Now that you've been proved wrong on that account, it seems like you've shifted your focus to idle speculation. I can't see wasting time doing that.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneIt’s not idle speculation at all. God has used human beings to carry out His will. That occurs throughout the Bible.
It seemed like your original point was about what was actually being said or not said. That's what I've been addressing.
Now that you've been proved wrong on that account, it seems like you've shifted your focus to idle speculation. I can't see wasting time doing that.
You seem to think that God saying vengeance belongs to Him limits that vengeance to the afterlife. I don’t agree. I think God is certainly (obviously) capable of taking vengeance on anyone at anytime and using human beings to accomplish that.
Ghost misapplied Romans 12:19 to capital punishment when the verse is simply God telling an injured or aggrieved individual not to take the law into his or her hands - that He (God) will take care of it. How God chooses to do that is entirely up to Him.
But God has used human beings to accomplish His will in the past and thinking God’s vengeance only could take place in the afterlife is incorrect, imo.
Originally posted by @suziannetiger doesn’t like the parts of the Bible that talk about hell. He’s also been in a terrible funk because he believes ale, lager and PB&J sandwiches won’t be in heaven.
The question in my post, that you have dodged twice now, was "what parts of the Bible do you not agree with?"
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Originally posted by @romans1009God was really explicit: "" Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
It’s not idle speculation at all. God has used human beings to carry out His will. That occurs throughout the Bible.
You seem to think that God saying vengeance belongs to Him limits that vengeance to the afterlife. I don’t agree. I think God is certainly (obviously) capable of taking vengeance on anyone at anytime and using human beings to accomplish ...[text shortened]... the past and thinking God’s vengeance only could take place in the afterlife is incorrect, imo.
For you to read that as God saying that He wants people to take vengeance - be they part of the government or not - is not only complete conjecture on your part, it goes against what He actually says.
That you do so, is an example of how people ignore what God actually says and project their own beliefs upon it - essentially creating God in their own image.
Originally posted by @thinkofoneI don’t think you understand the concept of God using human beings to accomplish His will but it’s hardly something I’m going to devote time to explaining.
God was really explicit: "" Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
For you to read that as God saying that He wants people to take vengeance - be they part of the government or not - is not only complete conjecture on your part, it goes against what He actually says.
Originally posted by @romans1009I don't think you understand the concept of accepting what God actually says instead of projecting your own beliefs upon His word, but it’s hardly something I’m going to devote any more time to explaining.
I don’t think you understand the concept of God using human beings to accomplish His will but it’s hardly something I’m going to devote time to explaining.
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You wanna continue playing bumper cars or are you going to answer my question, which I originally asked long before your question even made it to question form?
Do you believe in "the elite"? Do you think you're one of them? Do you think all Christians are "the elite"?