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Do you believe our government should be in that assassinating business?


  

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  1. 1. Do you believe our government should be in that assassinating business?

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John, I believe many will disagree with us on this. And for those that disagree.

Is not murdering someone, anyone, in such a manner going against the laws of this nation, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law?

What is the difference in assassinating and murder?

With our government doing this what is to keep them from doing the same thing against citizens of this county?

I can't help to think of these verse when thinking of our government OKing assassinating anyone.

Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isa 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isa 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Isa 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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Does this apply?
1Sa 26:10 David said furthermore, [As] the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

There was an "understanding" that the trial & execution of Saddam Hussein were hurried through & many charges omitted because America was implicated in them while he was fighting Iran.

Would the Lybian war have ended weeks ago without the intervention, & with less bloodshed? And with Gadaffi palpably guilty?

Do we really believe the painful lessons Nebuchadnezzar had to learn?
Dan 4:17 This matter [is] by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

How many Christians have to die for blasphemy according to Pakistani law while America supports the state? And Afghanistan?

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I don't believe it applies, our government, is not a world government, its authority ends at its borders.

Our government loves to stick its nose in other governments business, trying to police the world. At the rate we are going, nearly every country will be in the mist of a rebellion, war.

No wonder so many countries hates American, they never know when we will help over throw their government. We may be friends one day, the enemy the nest day.

Besides, our elected leaders cannot ever run this country, let alone help others. This country is going to hell in a hand basket because of their leadership.

The best way to help anyone, no matter where they are, is to take them the Gospel of Jesus Christ, yet this country does not send that it send missiles, war, or worse.

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McCain tries to prove he's a "conservative" by supporting wars all over and talking tough. Interesting thing is, America has not declared war on Libya yet McCain has no problem with war being waged against Libya or calling the leader of Libya a legitimate target. Would McCain agree that Obama is a legitimate target of Libya since Amerca has attacked them?

Too many in America have hypocritical views when it comes to matters of assasination and war. Many Americans seem to think it's okay for America to attack and wage war on various nations around the world and to specifically target leaders and others for death. At the same time, they don't believe other nations should do the same thing and absolutely don't believe any nation would ever have a right to do the same towards America.

America wants to play God around the globe, believing they can bring about peace and prosperity by forcing, or buying off, everyone to change into an American image so we may have world peace. Scripture has something different to say.

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you guys are pretty hard on our country, yet, isn't much of that what we elect our leaders for? We hope it will be done right, but they are mostly all unsaved men, and in that sense, they are doing what comes natural. Jerry is right, they all need the Gospel, but it also has to be accepted, and we cannot make them do that.

The assassinations are usually (not always) targeted against a "Hitler" type that destroys everything decent and good. he has had a chance, no doubt, to be saved, but rejected and promoted himself and his own worldly philosophies. I, for one, am not opposed to eliminating some when there is so much at stake. of course, you then can create a personal vendetta, but that is what they check and balance system is for.

Osama Ben Lada has got his yesterday, the day of reckoning has come, and how do we know that it was not the judgment of the Lord?

I think we would all see things differently if we lived under some of those regimes.

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Seriously? Oh brother. If some people would try to find half as much positive stuff as they point out negative stuff, they'd probably be happier people. Just sayin'.

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Seriously? Oh brother. If some people would try to find half as much positive stuff as they point out negative stuff, they'd probably be happier people. Just sayin'.

How would the government sanctioned killing of world leaders by America help America? What would happen would be that every other nation would point to America and proclaim that if America can kill political leaders of other nations, so can they; including American political leaders.
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9/11 was an act of war. Killing the guy was the ultimate goal of the war that THEY started.

What guy? This thread is about whether America should be in the business of targetting political leaders in other nations.

If you are referring to Osama, he wasn't a political leader and supposedly the Navy Seals attempted to take Osama alive but he chose to fight and died. The Osama incident is totally different from setting out to kill political leaders of nations.
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