I think standing firm and maintaining composure while insanity screams in your face is a few notches above "pathetic and weak." We've seen, with Sandmann and Rittenhouse, that there's a time to be stoic, and there's a time to retaliate.
I'd rather hang out with the people who are going to bunker down and weather the inevitable storm, rebuilding after the fact, than the people who are going to go out and get themselves blown away raging at it.
Passivity in the face of violence is built in to Christianity. But, as usual, one can find contradictory biblical citations, in this case for both militant action and passivity.
Matthew 10:34-36:
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Sounds very prophetic when applied to the contemporary West if you ignore the last sentence.
Luke 6:29:
"And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also."
This would appear to be the ethic followed by the people witnessing the meltdown.
I have no verses to cite, but I don't believe God endorses supporting and tolerating evil.
The funny (not 'haha') thing is, if the WEF succeeds in reducing earths human population down to 500 million, they'll eliminate most evil toleratorsandevil doers. Aside from their own crimes and intentions, they'll automatically become the greatest force for good in thousands of years.
No, just continue being examples of the most pathetic and weak people ever.
I think standing firm and maintaining composure while insanity screams in your face is a few notches above "pathetic and weak." We've seen, with Sandmann and Rittenhouse, that there's a time to be stoic, and there's a time to retaliate.
Tolerating those people has been working out really well the past 50 years. We should keep doing it down to the last conservative.
I'd rather hang out with the people who are going to bunker down and weather the inevitable storm, rebuilding after the fact, than the people who are going to go out and get themselves blown away raging at it.
Passivity in the face of violence is built in to Christianity. But, as usual, one can find contradictory biblical citations, in this case for both militant action and passivity.
Matthew 10:34-36: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Sounds very prophetic when applied to the contemporary West if you ignore the last sentence.
Luke 6:29:
"And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also."
This would appear to be the ethic followed by the people witnessing the meltdown.
I have no verses to cite, but I don't believe God endorses supporting and tolerating evil.
The funny (not 'haha') thing is, if the WEF succeeds in reducing earths human population down to 500 million, they'll eliminate most evil tolerators and evil doers. Aside from their own crimes and intentions, they'll automatically become the greatest force for good in thousands of years.