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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Christians And "Christians" Choose Mercy, Love & Forgiveness, Or Retribution & Punishment

James' Epistle: "Judgment Without Mercy Will Be Shown To Anyone Who Has Not Shown Mercy"


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Alan: Across every ideological boundary, the self-righteous share one conviction, that they -- and only they -- are absolutely right; so right that they feel entitled to slaughter infidels and are made giddy by the eternal torment of the dead.

In the minds of the malicious -- punctilious and devout as they may be -- mercy, compassion, love and forgiveness are forever trumped by vengeance, punishment and retribution.


Best Pax Posts On Punishment And Torture As "Necessary" Methods For Righting Wrongs

The Good Samaritan
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-good-samaritan.html

Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: "The Woe Passages"

"Twelve Steps For The Recovering Pharisee (Like Me)" By John Fischer
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/12-steps-for-recovering-pharisee-like.html

"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42

"Do You Know What You're Doing To Me?"
Jesus of Nazareth
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/do-you-know-what-youre-doing-to-me.html



Bad Things Happen: Punishment, Mercy And The Demise Of The Republican Party

Pope Francis: Quotations On Finance, Economics, Capitalism And Inequality

Bill McKibben: "The Christian paradox: How a faithful nation gets Jesus wrong."



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