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You continue to claim your inaction is action. I disagree. We see the action of Christ and the apostles but you see it as inaction again we disagree. We will continue to disagree.

You continue to make wild accusations about what I think but will not look in the mirror to see the one that has chosen to compromise by doing nothing to fight evil. As I said before we will not agree so to continue this discussion will accomplish nothing.

Bottom line is that you want to be safe. You do not want to put yourself out there on the front lines as it might attract attention to you.

I know you have not "CLAIMED" you were doing nothing. That is not what I said is it? You have chosen to stand back and not vote. What else are you not doing because you think it would make you part of the world? Being salt and light takes being involved which is what you have chosen not to...

What you see as engaging the world I see as you avoiding the world. But we will just have to agree to disagree Jon.

You continue to miss what the bible shows us. If Christ and the apostles did as you are doing then where would Christianity be. I see that you miss the reality that people are the world. They both engaged with sinful people which you seem to have a problem understanding. You will do as you have...

You continue to claim you are not doing anything but you you have chosen to avoid being salt and light in this world.

What false accusation Jon? Your the one that has misused scripture by ignoring context. Have you not said that you will not vote. By stepping back you have shown your lack of faith. You do not trust God to accomplish His goals through even that lesser evil as you call it. By standing aside you...

What I have been saying all along is that you have chosen to step back from the world and by doing so you are supporting evil as you are not willing to resist it. Our inaction also has a moral value. We see that Christ and Paul both were engaged with the world and yet they resisted it. You...

You have made a number of assumptions about what I think but I am used to that being done on here. What did I miss in this context Jon? Mat 5:38 "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.' Mat 5:39 "But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but...

Jon I do not care which party you would or would not support as they are both immoral. My concern is that you are misusing scripture in you attempt to justify not doing anything. You keep saying Christ said not to resist but context does not support the way you are using that scripture. So it...

How foolish of you Jon. Was Christ crucified by the Jews powers were the Apostles persecuted by the Roman powers? You have got to get your head out of the sand. Christianity has been at odds with the political powers from the start and will continue to be. We are told not to be part of the...

You continue to ignore context but I am seeing that is a common tactic on this board. Since you are so insistent on "resist not evil" I have to conclude that you do not lock your doors and just leave your keys in your car doors unlocked. You are being selective in your use of that out of...

Lets get something straight here Jon. You say you will not vote as neither party is moral. I agree nether is. You hold up Christ as our standard, agreed. But what you continue to ignore is that He and the Apostles stood against the political powers just as Christians down through the years have...

Jon all you have done is twist what the bible says. You completely ignore what Christians down through the ages have done starting with with Christ. He pointed out the sin of the Pharisees just as the Apostles stood against Rome and the Sanhedrin. We would not be Christians if men and women of...

Jon I am surprised that you will deny clear scripture to support your view. Yes I know the world is already condemned but that does not mean that we are to stop resisting the evil in this world. What do you think Christians have been doing for the last 2000 years? It seems you have chosen to...

Jon you are missing what I am saying to you. You say that as a Christian we should not try to influence the political powers because Christ did not do so. But the Apostles did try to influence the political powers and that was why it was said they turned the world upside down. As Christians we...

The context supports the addition of "person" since the next sentence says "If anyone slaps you". It is not what I want the worldly political power to accomplish. It is what is the responsibility of us as Christians to do in this world, to be salt and light. If everyone used the logic you are...

@JonC the context does not support your view. Mat 5:38 is showing an act of revenge and we are told not to do so in Mat 5:39. We are told to be salt and light in this world and yet you seem to think that requires you to hide your light. If you are not willing to stand against the evil then you...

You are living in your own bubble of self delusion. It seems you will say anything to deny scripture and support your odd view. When you do not believe what the bible says then what you said to 37818 would seem to apply more to you and deserves the same response You do not present Christian...