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1.   Apr 17, 2007 11:47 AM

» Feature Writer Brian Tubbs - Ahhhh...King David's fault

In response to We Are Inundated posted by Migisi:


"Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle." (Psalm 144:1)
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We praise the Lord as we pass out ammunition. Pride is our necklace, and we clothe ourselves in violence. But the trouble we cause recoils on us, our violence comes down on our own heads.

So...now the violence in our society is King David's fault. (David being the author of Psalm 144).

If you mean by this post to suggest that some have used the Bible to justify violence in more cases or situations than should be the case...I agree. If, however, you are trying to insinuate that the Bible itself is responsible for violence in our society, then I couldn't disagree with you more.

David's son Solomon said it best in Ecclesiastes: "There's a time for war and a time for peace." Some times, war is necessary. Hopefully, those times are rare. But when war IS necessary, it must be fought. That is the reality of life and society.

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