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Originally Posted by stmatthew
Stephen,
This is the biblical and balanced approach.
No matter how much it is said that it is not retribution, one cannot fulfill the commandment to "Love you enemies" and take hostile actions that take their life in the process.
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I disagree. On the contrary one might say it can't be said to love you family and provide for them if you do NOT take hostile action that MIGHT take their life in the process. What Stephen said is no different than what I said. Death or killing is NOT the only way to do retribution or render evil for evil. It seems that on the one hand people are saying "no violence to defend youself or a loved one" and then on the other "no violence that results in death", but my point is and has been that sometimes no matter how hard you try if it is necessary to use physical violence to protect someone it might result in death. I do not think the bible condemns you for that to spend eternity in hell. Sure you might feel bad over it, but you might feel worse if you did nothing to stop someone else from being harmed.
BTW it is NOT retribution. Retribution is an attitude mostly. If someone insults you and you insul them back, that is retribution. Retribution has nothing to do with protecting or saving a life from an attacker. Retribution is an angry attitude that wants to get someone back for what they already did.
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