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We are not God's gift to the world unless we seek a moral stance that honors God. Jews thought they were a "chosen people" and blew it over and over. At times the "got it" and at other "missed by a country mile" . . .

Commented: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 8:41 pm By: Gene Scarborough

In you dreams, Stan ~~~ in your dreams . . .

It is the exact same motive of hate gone wild as infects you and others who write articles here for abject conservatism.

Commented: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:14 pm By: Gene Scarborough

Rather than being a naive "pacifist" I recognize 2 things:
(1) It is better to live in peace rather than war.
(2) There are certain parts of humanity which recognize only the threat of a gun pressed between their eyes and one willing to pull the trigger, if necessary.

Having said that I am appalled by the white guy in Chapel Hill who executed 3 Muslim students wanting to do good rather than harm. Those kinds of actions on our part are just an inhumane as the hate you constantly spread with your vindication of abject Conservatism.

YES~~~I said HATE because there is no other word to describe it. At heart you mean well, but in reality your tongue is as Paul stated --- a two-edged sword / like the small rudder which steers a giant ship / able to advocate good and evil at different times.

I shall leave it up to wise readers to decide for themselves which way is preferable. Most Muslims here in America are trying to escape to a free country supposedly allowing for them to express their religion in the same freedom as us in the South. We need to get over a life of hate and derision or we perish . . .

Commented: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 8:18 pm By: Gene Scarborough

The truth of our approach to ISIS now by diplomacy over killing is clearly seen if you just read the Bible. The same "eye-for-eye-tooth-for-tooth" was in vogue from the Jews early on. Their view was "If you kill, we kill you" because the 10 Commandments say "thou shalt not kill."

Jesus taught to forgive you enemies and love one another. THAT is the only solution to hate ~~~ stop the vengeance and leave some stuff to God. "Vengeance is mine" was part of God's Word in the OT along with what the Pharisees had made it through too much law and confusion to society.

WE cannot and will not solve all problems on this earth, but minding our own business and setting a great example of human cooperation through democracy is far better than blowing the rag heads away and giving them more reason to hate us.

Commented: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 9:20 am By: Gene Scarborough