It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => General Board => Topic started by: IronDioPriest on April 25, 2014, 10:06:34 AM
-
An excellent article among many (http://themattwalshblog.com/2014/04/07/jesus-didnt-care-about-being-nice-or-tolerant-and-neither-should-you/)
Personally, I’ve studied the New Testament and found not a single instance of Christ calling for a ‘dialogue’ with evil or seeking the middle ground on an issue. I see an absolutist, unafraid of confrontation. I see a man who did not waver or give credence to the other side. I see someone who never once avoided a dispute by saying that He’ll just ‘agree to disagree.’
I see a Christ who calls the Scribes and Pharisees snakes and vipers. He labels them murderers and blind guides, and ridicules them publicly [Matthew 23:33]. He undermines their authority. He insults them. He castigates them. He’s not very nice to them.
Jesus rebukes and condemns. In Matthew 18, He utilizes morbid and violent imagery, saying that it would be better to drown in the sea with a stone around your neck than to harm a child. Had our modern politicians been around two thousand years ago, I’m sure they’d go on the cable news shows and shake their heads and insist that there’s ‘no place for that kind of language.’
No place for the language of God.
-
Have been reading Walsh for a while; American Digest uses snippets from his columns (with links) on the sidebar.
I don't agree with him on everything, but enough to keep drawing me back; however, there's nothing but agreement on this latest.
I'm so weary of being castigated for speaking the truth. Yes, harsh hurts. Tough. Pull up your big-person pants and fix your shiit.
-
Ya know, I've been thinking about "compromise." Compromise just really pulls you further and further from your goals, ideals and beliefs. Pretty soon, your original position can't be seen with a telescope.