Sometimes hard to remember...

[Willie T]

When confronting radical fundamentalism, and seeking to free people from its grip, remember that those espousing and propagating such beliefs are not enemies, but victims. Though their ideas may fly in the face of the Gospel and offend our knowledge of a good and loving God revealed in Jesus, we must never view them as enemies, but hurt, wounded and broken people who are victims of the very system they now work for.

Keeping this in mind is the only way to deal compassionately with individuals whom you might otherwise to tempted to write off, demonize, or uppercut in the jaw.

Remember to always separate victims from enemies. No man is your enemy, systems of thought and ideologies that enslave are your enemy. Human beings, even when working for these systems, are victims who need love, understanding and rescue.

(Yeah, from Jeff, again)

 

[jasonc]

When confronting radical fundamentalism, and seeking to free people from its grip, remember that those espousing and propagating such beliefs are not enemies, but victims. Though their ideas may fly in the face of the Gospel and offend our knowledge of a good and loving God revealed in Jesus, we must never view them as enemies, but hurt, wounded and broken people who are victims of the very system they now work for.

Keeping this in mind is the only way to deal compassionately with individuals whom you might otherwise to tempted to write off, demonize, or uppercut in the jaw.

Remember to always separate victims from enemies. No man is your enemy, systems of thought and ideologies that enslave are your enemy. Human beings, even when working for these systems, are victims who need love, understanding and rescue.

(Yeah, from Jeff, again)

doth this mean the futurists here?and muslims and my archenemesis the reformed jews?lol

 

[Jesse]

Awesome thread, and very appropriate for the Sabbath thread.

This would go also for those who refuse to eat meat, and all the other man made laws we all put ourselves under.

 

[jasonc]

I think the gentile church of this age has really demonized the jewish view and hated the very tanach from which it came from.

 

[Jesse]

In what way?

 

[jasonc]

In what way?

the coc often glanced over the tanach , the way we(im guilty as well) react to messianic when they say I do shabat, the feasts and such like. if we just listen to what they say first then see if they are stating a style of worship and not a legalistic view. the function of the torah(it means not law as we see it but instructions in Hebrew) was to teach how to get to god and live.

the first torah is this.

of the trees in the garden thou may eatest but the tree of knowledge of good and evil.. that is a torah.