Compassion For The Cruel????

[Compost]

Pope Francis is the best Pope so far.

How so?

I just like him. He is not a red shoe guy like Benedict was.

He's different than Benedict that's for sure. What do you mean by red shoe guy?

 

[PoliticalChic]

I have compassion for Manafort, if only he has not been so darn greedy, now he can spend his life behind bars.

Oh. Maybe you missed the Best Pope Ever's remarks on forgiveness and mercy!

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "


So I can count on your vote?

What does that mean?

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "

What does that mean?

Now you're playing games. If you read my post you would know the answer to that.

Either explain what you meant by "So I can count on your vote?" or move on.

If only you could learn to be more articulate...


You wrote :

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "

This implies agreement with my OP.


Now....move on.

 

[Penelope]

I have compassion for Manafort, if only he has not been so darn greedy, now he can spend his life behind bars.

Oh. Maybe you missed the Best Pope Ever's remarks on forgiveness and mercy!

That does not mean he should not be locked up. All white collar criminal should be locked up.

 

[Compost]

I have compassion for Manafort, if only he has not been so darn greedy, now he can spend his life behind bars.

Oh. Maybe you missed the Best Pope Ever's remarks on forgiveness and mercy!

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "


So I can count on your vote?

What does that mean?

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "

What does that mean?

Now you're playing games. If you read my post you would know the answer to that.

Either explain what you meant by "So I can count on your vote?" or move on.

If only you could learn to be more articulate...


You wrote :

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "

This implies agreement with my OP.


Now....move on.

Thanks for making it clear that you are here to lecture not to discuss.

 

[PoliticalChic]

I have compassion for Manafort, if only he has not been so darn greedy, now he can spend his life behind bars.

Oh. Maybe you missed the Best Pope Ever's remarks on forgiveness and mercy!

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "


So I can count on your vote?

What does that mean?

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "

What does that mean?

Now you're playing games. If you read my post you would know the answer to that.

Either explain what you meant by "So I can count on your vote?" or move on.

If only you could learn to be more articulate...


You wrote :

"Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. "

This implies agreement with my OP.


Now....move on.

Thanks for making it clear that you are here to lecture not discuss.

I just proved you are unable to make a point.


Don't let me keep ya'....

 

[irosie91]

""But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. ""

PS---^^^^^ I absolutely do not believe that JESUS ever said the lines
above. The statement is a misinterpretation of the "eye for eye"
adage. I believe that Jesus was a well informed Hillel man (Talmudist)
and-----the putative reinterpretation actually makes no sense. Neither
Matthew nor Paul ever met Jesus (imho)

 

[Compost]

I have compassion for Manafort, if only he has not been so darn greedy, now he can spend his life behind bars.

Oh. Maybe you missed the Best Pope Ever's remarks on forgiveness and mercy!

That does not mean he should not be locked up. All white collar criminal should be locked up.

If guilty, he should be locked up. A life sentence is over the top though.

 

[PoliticalChic]

6. “After 2,000 years of teaching that a moral use of capital punishment for murder is consistent with Catholic teaching, the pope announced that the catechism, the church fathers and St. Thomas Aquinas, among the other great Catholic theologians, were all wrong.

… remaking Catholicism in the image of leftism, just as mainstream Protestant leaders have been rendering much of mainstream Protestantism a branch of leftism, and non-Orthodox Jewish clergy and lay leaders have been rendering most non-Orthodox synagogues and lay institutions left-wing organizations.

… Pope Francis wrote, "today capital punishment is unacceptable, however serious the condemned's crime may have been."

Unacceptable? To whom? It is acceptable to about half of American Catholics and about half of the American people. But it is unacceptable to the elites of our time, the people who have the most contempt for Catholicism and every other Bible-based religion.” Pope Francis Rewrites Catholicism ... and the Bible




"This is a departure from what the document, approved under Pope John Paul II in 1992, says on the matter: “Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.”
Pope Francis: Death penalty is definitely and completely "inadmissible under any circumstances"



Clearly, one of the Popes is fallible.

 

[ptbw forever]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

 

[irosie91]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

I am a jew-----I do not ignore the NT-------I read it before I read the OT----
in my town, old ladies handed them out-----freely-----cute little pocket sized
bookies. tiny print--------I was young then------and could see it

 

[PoliticalChic]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

1. The New Testament grew from the Old.

2. Post #28 is from Prager, and refers to the New Testament.

 

[irosie91]

Francis may be upset over the idea that mass murdering terrorists
might be sentenced to death ------or even shot in the act

 

[ptbw forever]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

1. The New Testament grew from the Old.

2. Post #28 is from Prager, and refers to the New Testament.

Prager teaches the Torah, not the New Testament.

 

[irosie91]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

1. The New Testament grew from the Old.

2. Post #28 is from Prager, and refers to the New Testament.

not all of it. Paul adapted it to roman tastes

 

[irosie91]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

1. The New Testament grew from the Old.

2. Post #28 is from Prager, and refers to the New Testament.

Prager teaches the Torah, not the New Testament.

really? I never noticed any "torah lesson" from him

 

[ptbw forever]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

1. The New Testament grew from the Old.

2. Post #28 is from Prager, and refers to the New Testament.

Prager teaches the Torah, not the New Testament.

really? I never noticed any "torah lesson" from him

You don't listen to his radio show then.

 

[irosie91]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

1. The New Testament grew from the Old.

2. Post #28 is from Prager, and refers to the New Testament.

Prager teaches the Torah, not the New Testament.

really? I never noticed any "torah lesson" from him

You don't listen to his radio show then.

very very little------can you cite an example?

 

[PoliticalChic]

7. Francis….not this one

…the other talking mule, has decided that innocent lives don’t matter. How Leftist of him.




“The death penalty, Francis wrote, "entails cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment." These are all subjective opinions. I suspect most people do not think the death penalty as punishment for premeditated murder is necessarily cruel, inhumane or degrading. What are all of us missing? And why isn't life imprisonment cruel, inhumane and degrading? (Indeed, opposition to life imprisonment is already the norm in many progressive countries like Norway, where someone murdered 77 people, mostly children, and received a 21-year prison sentence.)” Pope Francis Rewrites Catholicism ... and the Bible



The history of Leftist movements has never shown concern for the innocent....who can be surprised at the mutterings of Marx's Pope?

 

[night_son]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's difficult. I don't like it either. But anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

my personal opinion of MATTHEW, and john and luke is-----they had
never met Jesus. They expressed ideas of their own. Sometimes
there are people from whom EVIL SPRINGS for a long time----
THEY NEED HANG'en. Pilate and Caiaphas in days of old-----
more recently Pol Pot, Saddam, Assad ------etc

As I have posted before, and I agree with you bringing this up, EVIL exists, and refusal to recognize this is a hallmark of Leftist doctrine.

True. Radical Leftist core doctrine seeks to interpret away all morality as situational.

 

[Compost]

Dennis Prager makes some good points but he ignores the New Testament. A couple examples: Jesus said, You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth. But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. (Matthew 5:38) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. (Romans 12:17)

There is another thread on this topic here. I won't repeat myself. I'll add this though. I'm no Pope Francis fan, but his views on this issue are not out of keeping with the Bible as Prager suggests.

There have been some dud Popes over the past 2000 years. God has his plan for those just as he does for the good Popes. If a Pope was "impeached" every time there were disagreements, there'd be quite a lot of turnover.

Offer compassion to the cruel? Yeah. It's a difficult concept. I don't like it either. I'm not sure I'm on board with this capital punishment is wrong all the time idea. Still, Francis might be right. After all, anybody is says it's easy to follow Jesus is probably not on the narrow path, ya know?

Dennis Prager is a Jew.

Of course he ignores the New Testament.

The Pope doesn't.