Re: Militant Me
yoel haalmoni (core@rof.net)
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 06:37:53 -0700 (MST)
>"(Christ-Ian 4/1) You're a liar McDonald. The only reason you won't
>come after us to kill us is because you don't have the balls to do it.
>You will sit there like so many others waiting for a leader with the
>charisma to lead you into battle and slaughter all the
>non-believers."
>
>McDonald 4/1/97
> Please spare me your ideas concerning my beliefs. I am waiting
>for no one to lead us into battle against you unbelievers. I am not
>a Premillenialist. I don't believe that Jesus is going to rapture
>the saved into heaven and then lead them in battle during the
>so-called battle of Armageddon. Jesus' kingdom is not that kind of
>kingdom.
>
>TOD
>You are very full of anger Jerry, what did jesus say about anger?
>Didn't he say to love your neighbor? How can you call one you love an
>enemy? Is this the superior morality of Christianity? If it is, then
>there isn't much that can be said about Christianity's moral
>superiority. What of forgiveness? Not 7 times but 70 times seven?
>How can somebody still be your enemy after you have forgave them? If
>you still consider them your enemy, you haven't wholeheartedly forgave
>them, especially if they claim benevolence towards you. You are very
>unChristian Jerry. Your behavior is the very opposite of the behavior
>called for from Jesus. He says don't get angry, you get angry. He
>says love everybody, you show nothing but loathing and label us
>"enemies" right of the bat. He says forgive, you offer no indication
>of forgiveness. Look at Dave Court Jerry, he actually tries to be the
>person that Christ described, and while I think he is one of the top
>most illogical people on this list, it can't be argued that he isn't
>the kindest and most patient. You are the total opposite of Court, in
>fact, I haven't seen so much hate from a participant since Perry
>Robinson, and he was a violent proned Christian Reconstructionalist,
>that is why I suggest you join. I feel sorry for you Jerry, to be
>full of such anger and hate must leave an emptiness that you can't
>seem to fill, if you can, I wish you WOULD fill it and get over these
>dreadful emotions you seem to harbor.
>
>McDonald 4/1
> Read what Paul said about anger: "Be ye angry and sin not..."
>(Eph. 4:26). Jesus didn't say that you couldn't have enemies, in
>fact he said: "love your enemies" (Mt. 5:44). Are you asking for
>forgiveness, Tod? Scripturally, I can't forgive until you ask for
>it. What are you asking forgiveness for? The fact that you and I
>are enemies does not mean that I don't love your soul, but it does
>mean that I can't scripturally have fellowship with you. Dave Court,
>a real nice guy, can handle his responses any way he sees fit. I
>prefer the more direct approach. I call a spade a spade. All I did
>was to inform Ian that he could save his Easter greetings, that I
>didn't celebrate it in any form or fashion. You people think that
>those who do celebrate it are foolish idiots, but when you find
>someone who doesn't celebrate it you treat him like he's Charles
>Mansion.
> You can save your homespun psychology. I am not a very angry
>person as you presume. I am a very happy person, but I will not
>budge one inch for you atheists on this list. I am not proned to
>violence and I am not filled with hate and anger. I am a debater (as
>Farrell Till warned everyone of you when I came on the list), and
>when one of you turns up the heat, I will too. You people can't
>stand it when somebody doesn't meet your ideals about what a
>Christian should be like. You know nothing about Christianity, so
>please don't even bother lecturing me on the subject. I label you as
>an enemy because you are my enemy, as is every other atheist on this
>list or in the world. The purpose for this list is to destroy
>people's faith in the inerrancy of the scriptures. My purpose is to
>fight you every step of the way.
yoel-
I, for one, see Jerry McDonald as being perfectly Christ-like. The
personality and character traits he displays on this list clearly reflect
the dour and angry New Testament teachings and the whip-bearing,
Pharisee-hating Christ.