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  • #16
    Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
    Is there biblical support for this?
    Sure. What is the second greatest love?
    Last edited by Darth Executor; 01-20-2015, 09:32 PM.
    "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12

    There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

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    • #17
      I have been involved in supporting the underground church in China, but would not know how to do anything directly for Christians in Korea. China is bad was worse and is allowing more freedom lately (long story). The Chinese Church has grown rapidly, so maybe I do not want it to be fully legalized?

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      • #18
        Originally posted by bling View Post
        I have been involved in supporting the underground church in China, but would not know how to do anything directly for Christians in Korea. China is bad was worse and is allowing more freedom lately (long story). The Chinese Church has grown rapidly, so maybe I do not want it to be fully legalized?
        God bless you and your efforts.
        "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Obsidian View Post
          I think most people distinguish between missionaries who intentionally go into harm's way and get killed, versus Frenchmen minding their own business and still get killed. That's the difference.
          The employees of Charlie Hebdo were hardly minding their own business. They were deliberately and maliciously being as provocative as possible. On the other hand, missionaries to North Korea are merely making themselves vulnerable to unwarranted hatred.
          Obviously, though, God cares more about the Christians than about the atheist Frenchmen. And I guess theoretically we should, too.
          God sent His Son so that the world might be saved, and desires than no one should perish (2 Pet 3:9).
          Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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          • #20
            Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
            God sent His Son so that the world might be saved, and desires than no one should perish (2 Pet 3:9).
            That doesn't mean God cares about everybody equally.
            "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12

            There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
              That doesn't mean God cares about everybody equally.
              Why wouldn't He?
              Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
                That doesn't mean God cares about everybody equally.
                Do you or would you care equally about all your kids?

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                  Why wouldn't He?
                  Because not everybody's the same.
                  "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12

                  There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by bling View Post
                    Do you or would you care equally about all your kids?
                    I don't know. Apparently it's not uncommon for some parents to like some of their kids better than others. What do you make of Romans 9:13?
                    "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12

                    There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
                      Because not everybody's the same.
                      Non sequitur. Since when is God's love conditional?
                      Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

                      Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                        Non sequitur.
                        It's not. You asked why He wouldn't, I gave you one possibility. I don't know and God has not elucidated on this answer so far.

                        Since when is God's love conditional?
                        It doesn't have to be conditional, it could be random (keep in mind we are talking about the magnitude of love, not the love itself). IE: Esau and Jacob, possibly the apostle John. I certainly can't find any reason to believe God loves everyone equally, not through His words or His actions.
                        "As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths." Isaiah 3:12

                        There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt.

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