On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:48 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Jesus is showing us not to use force to get our way. > > It's kind of convenient to base a whole doctrine on one scripture. In this > case you missed the cleansing of the temple where the shysters were > physically chased from the premises. You might also consider that when the > disciples were sent out after Jesus ministry was over, they were told to take > a sword. How very violent in both cases. > > There were other cases, but that should get the thought process going. -------------------------------------------
Cleaning of the Temple, OK let's discuss that. The force applied was to get attention of those around to see that the place of worship was foremost a convenience store in it's time. you came into the temple and you have to have a sacrifice. So you can buy birds, goats, .... Now of course the Euro was not available and each area in Judea as well as Israel had it's own currency. So you had to have the money changers so you could buy in Jerusalem. All in all Jesus was there to show the Jewish leaders that the were doing it wrong in the eyes of God. They had corrupted the law to verify that only they could comprehend it. Sounds like our torte system??? Anyway did Jesus harm anyone, or destroy the merchandise for sale? Or did he create the show to get people to understand the point he was making? Acts was written in the 70's and outside of "The Rock" Jesus didn't say much. ;) He may have inflicted blindness and then fixed it to get someones attention and all. ;-> I'll have to question you on the sword reference. What passage are you referencing? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
