tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24472669.post115267393725148613..comments2023-11-02T05:02:16.458-07:00Comments on Missing In Iraq: Never Send My Kids Away, They're My Only Link To A LifeMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14479511398245538907noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24472669.post-1152715683166620042006-07-12T07:48:00.000-07:002006-07-12T07:48:00.000-07:00I used to think that Muslims worshipped the same d...I used to think that Muslims worshipped the same deity I do. Recent events have taught me different. Do men gather thorns of grapes, or thistles of figs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24472669.post-1152715309878125472006-07-12T07:41:00.000-07:002006-07-12T07:41:00.000-07:00Some thoughts...Our Savior told us that he who tak...Some thoughts...<BR/><BR/>Our Savior told us that he who takes offense and does not forgive is guilty of a greater sin than he who gives offense.<BR/><BR/>Judges 6 tells the story of Gideon, who at the command of God destroyed a shrine to baal near his father's house. The locals were crazy-mad and wanted to kill Gideon for it, but his father rebuked them in vs. 31, saying that if baal was real Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24472669.post-1152696747513114072006-07-12T02:32:00.000-07:002006-07-12T02:32:00.000-07:00I'm so discouraged. Why the heck is it that belief...<I>I'm so discouraged. Why the heck is it that belief in an essentially loving god requires such massive amounts of violence, particularly against those who are most closely affiliated with one's own credo?</I><BR/><BR/>Seems like somewhere in human history, compassion and kindness became a sign of weakness while violence a sign of strength. But the opposite is true. Those who advocate violence, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com