tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post4660480316573114296..comments2023-11-05T01:57:23.149-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: The Bible and BarackDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-10775197391564914262008-10-17T17:48:00.000-06:002008-10-17T17:48:00.000-06:00Those who are killed for committing murder are get...Those who are killed for committing murder are getting what they deserve. See Genesis 9; Romans 13.<BR/><BR/>Those killed in a just war are not in the same category as innocent embryos killed for "choice."<BR/><BR/>This is elementary ethics.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-20101290452413016602008-10-17T15:42:00.000-06:002008-10-17T15:42:00.000-06:00Doug and Friends,Have you seen this interview with...Doug and Friends,<BR/><BR/>Have you seen this interview with Donald Miller?<BR/>http://burnsidewriterscollective.blogspot.com/2008/09/interview-with-donald-miller.html<BR/><BR/>Amazingly he is saying that he is voting for Obama, because Obama would reduce abortions and because he is a Christian. This kind of ludicrous thinking masked in Christian speak is what continues to undermine the Christian faith from within. When we embrace this sort of apostacy it eats away from within.Adel Thaloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059435921761098111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-36669844871353843232008-10-17T14:15:00.000-06:002008-10-17T14:15:00.000-06:00I believe it was that same speech in which Obama m...I believe it was that same speech in which Obama mocked the Levitical law against eating shrimp. He has shown little patience for nuance or context when it comes to the Bible. Everything else, yes; Bible, no.<BR/><BR/>We've become so narcissistic in our culture that we forbid ourselves from calling others out on their delusions. In Obama's case, it's the delusion that he is a true Christian. <BR/><BR/>Abortion is clearly an abomination to God throughout both covenants, and yet it's Barack Obama's modus operandi.Jim Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456957270007304493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-33429512312725814982008-10-17T10:58:00.000-06:002008-10-17T10:58:00.000-06:00Oh, I get it: in Barak's mind, abortion is an acce...Oh, I get it: in Barak's mind, abortion is an acceptable "birth control" option that women should be allowed to choose from among many other means available that don't involve killing the baby.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946914786780646364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-83230278065020831792008-10-17T10:21:00.000-06:002008-10-17T10:21:00.000-06:00Dr. Groothuis, Do you believe that these verses al...Dr. Groothuis, <BR/><BR/>Do you believe that these verses also apply to war? capital punishment? If so, what makes a babies life more important then the foreigners? convicts? If we are all children of wrath...<BR/><BR/>if not, why?matt thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083501475991985695noreply@blogger.com