Re: Why I DON'T Support our supposed 'Christian' Troops:



On 2005-08-25, Ian Davis <ijdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <a2nPe.493$p4.278@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> 1st Century Apostolic Traditionalist <nospamatall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>Or any honest, faithful and true 'Christian' Leaders.
>>"But I [Jesus] say LOVE your enemies, do good to those who hate you and
>>would despitefully use you"
>>
>>Jeff...
>
> How is one to do good to those that hate one. That I think you will find is
> actually quite a thorny problem. For the good spoken of is not I think the
> good that one has to offer but the good that results to them from ones actions.
> It is not at all easy to actually do others more good than harm.
>
> Ian.

Sorry to get to this rather late, but I'd like to know who decides what is
'good' for someone else? All I can think of in this regard is the 'Golden
Rule': 'treat other people as you would like them to treat you'.

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