At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy'

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At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy' - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Does this guy know anything about Jesus, at all?

I’m so sick of these fake Christian assholes.

fake Christian

Try reading the Old Testament. You don’t get to disown these people. They absolutely are Christians.

Okay but “Christian” includes the New Testament and the new covenant. That replaces a lot of the suffering/sacrafice/punishment based covenant in the Old Testament.

I’m not a theologian so I can’t argue good here. You kinda have Christ in your teachings and heart or you don’t.

Do I really need to quote Matthew 5:17-19again?

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

And remember, those laws included explicitly outlined rules for how you should treat your slave.

Jesus? The guy who makes threats like these to any who oppose him? What a hideous, vile individual. He’d be a great roommate for Pol Pot, Stalin, or Kim Jong Il. Don’t sanewash his brutality.

John 3:18

whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

John 3:36

whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

Matthew 25:41–46

Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 13:41–42

They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

(Regarding those who do not belong to His Kingdom)

Nahum 1:2

God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Leviticus 20:27

A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

None of those quotes actually call for people to be or celebrate violence though.