I was recently discussing in another forum the story of the Army officer who created and taught a class on total war against Islam. I said that I could agree that the time could come when targeting Mecca and Medina with nuclear weapons might be a strategically sound idea. The conversation immediately turned into a diatribe about how sick and evil I was to suggest killing so many innocents for no reason at all. The other posters went nearly rabid in their condemnation. I tried to explain my POV but the die was cast and all any of them said was how evil I was and how equivalent Islam and Christianity are. I mentioned a couple of Surah/verse references to explain that Islam is in fact a religious political system based solely on submission and forced subjugation but they would not listen. One of them said that Christians had a history of viewing non believers as unworthy of life and I challenged him to give an example of ANY person who truly followed the way of Christ expressing that sentiment. He quoted Luke 19:27 and I was flabbergasted.
All that to say this: What was the context of our Lord's very clear orders to his servants to kill those who refused to believe? I had never read this verse before and frankly I was a little shocked by it. I know that He is God and what He chooses to do is beyond my right to question but I never knew He had instructed his followers to kill an unbeliever. Am I missing something? Help me find an answer please.....:
All that to say this: What was the context of our Lord's very clear orders to his servants to kill those who refused to believe? I had never read this verse before and frankly I was a little shocked by it. I know that He is God and what He chooses to do is beyond my right to question but I never knew He had instructed his followers to kill an unbeliever. Am I missing something? Help me find an answer please.....: