How does this happen? Chick-fil-A branded as anti-gay?

[Kidlicious]

Then that settles the issue. Christians are not required to be pacifists. If God can give authority to his servant David - then he can do the same for Christians.

God has not given you authority to kill.

[giblets]

I think that it's a good idea to be celebate, especially these days which I believe are the last days.

Are you sure? Jesus hasn't returned in the last 2000 years, what chances are there that he will in your lifetime?

[Kidlicious]

Are you sure? Jesus hasn't returned in the last 2000 years, what chances are there that he will in your lifetime?

I don't roll dice with that issue.

[Ben Kenobi]

God has not given you authority to kill.

Indeed - so I don't and won't.

[Al B. Sure!]

David was not a Christian! The rules were different back then! Joshua, Samson, etc. all killed people.

[Al B. Sure!]

Imagine for a moment that you believed that there are last days according to the Bible. Indeed, there are previous generations that would have good reason to beleive that they lived in the last days. But look at this generation the way things seem to be going. Wouldn't you believe that these are the last days?

Things look pretty sweet. We're in a better era than ever existed in history and the prospects are sunny. Would be a shame for God to end the human experiment now when we're just getting so promising. We're so close to understanding the wonders of the universe and life. So close to populating the stars.

[Kidlicious]

Indeed - so I don't and won't.

Then you are a pacifist.

[Ben Kenobi]

David was not a Christian!

But he was a follower of God.

The rules were different back then!

And exactly how were the rules changed?

[Kidlicious]

Things look pretty sweet. We're in a better era than ever existed in history and the prospects are sunny. Would be a shame for God to end the human experiment now when we're just getting so promising. We're so close to understanding the wonders of the universe and life. So close to populating the stars.

We aren't here as an experiment or to understand the universe. We are here to understand how to have a relationship with God.

[Ben Kenobi]

Then you are a pacifist.

Yessir - but that doesn't mean all other Christians are required to be one.

[Al B. Sure!]

And exactly how were the rules changed?

Jesus.

[Kidlicious]

Yessir - but that doesn't mean all other Christians are required to be one.

Well I believe that the Bible is the end of the oral tradition. The Bible clearly teaches not to kill. Whoever believes that God tells them to kill, doesn't believe in the Bible the way I do.

[Al B. Sure!]

Does God still command people to kill?

[giblets]

I don't roll dice with that issue.

But if there have been plenty of times in the past where someone could reasonably believe the end was coming, what makes this time so special? Seems like the odds are against it.

[Kidlicious]

But he was a follower of God.

As Albie has pointed out there is a difference. Christians are followers of Christ, meaning that they follow his example and try to be like him in everyway possible. It was different before Christ.