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I think also James I had a lot to do with it. And you haven't answered my question: which country are we talking about?

I'd hardly call Fat Harry 'great': he wasn't exactly a 'nice man' and his reasons for his breach with Rome were secular rather than religious. Also, which is the country you are referencing in your post - who is the 'us'?

Getting out of the EU won't change that: we would still be subject to the ECHR, which is nothing to do with the EU

Of which you are a past master

And is it an instruction to us ? What is the context? Is it a rhetorical device? What is the literary genre? More questions than answers here...

Stay safe, Tom. Prayers for you.

Instruction. Order. What does hyperbole mean?

How many middle class Americans have ISIS butchered?

I'd say the Esther violence was self defence since there was an ongoing threat to the Jewish people. It was also state mandated so not the sort of vigilantism described above

Me too, but fortunately they are few and far between

Your rich oligarchs like Trump and Soros are more of a threat to the middle class than your average Muslim

Imperative but in the context of hyperbole. I don't read it as a command for us.

A prerogative that belongs to God.

Other side of that coin: Alan Molineaux

You're conflating self defence (legitimate) with retaliation/ revenge (illegitimate) here and in doing so putting words into my mouth which I did not say. Retaliatory violence is never an option for a Christian; defending oneself is.

You beat someone possibly to death because they spit on you?! That was the injunction I was referencing. And even if it was urine, any damage is done by the time it hits you so all you would be doing is retaliating not defending yourself, which sits really, really uneasily with that whole Matt...

Wow, that's a Christian response. . . . . . Not!

I would be inclined to agree with the article's basic premise. I'm not sure that I agree with its apparent conclusion that western social norms reflect Christian values.

Are you standing against evil, yes or no? Islamism is fascist so I am against that too, for the record. Also for the record, I have condemned those hotheads using unsolicited* violence already. *As opposed to bravely defending themselves and others against gun toting Nazi thugs.

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