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Throughout history groups have used God to support acts of violence and
killing.
Although I am not a biblical expert, as I recall, Jesus said something to
the effect of 'if your enemy hits one cheek offer the other'. The message of
Jesus was peace and love, that all people are God's children. Even in Jesus'
last days, he took the torture and death without action against his
tormentors.
I am greatly grieved by the recent violence and feel anger.
I am having trouble reconciling the words and actions of Jesus and his
message of love with us acting out our anger with more violence and killing.
I wonder if God's test here is what we feel and do. Perhaps this world is
really not important. Perhaps the test is to see if we take this and allow
it to fill us with anger and act out with violence and killing, or, to
dissolve the anger and act with forgiveness, peace, and love.
Any constructive thoughts would be appreciated.
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