http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/03/31/that-choir-is-the-bomb/ Atheism with Positivity Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:52:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/03/31/that-choir-is-the-bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-16732 Mike C Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:54:14 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/03/31/that-choir-is-the-bomb/#comment-16732 Rob Bell preached a really interesting sermon about Samson back before Christmas as part of his "Calling all Peacemakers" series. In it he describes why Samson should really be viewed as a negative and tragic figure in Jewish literature, not as a hero, as he is a prime example of the destructive cycle of violence and what happens when you ignore the limits placed on vengeance and retaliatory violence by commands such as "eye for an eye". Rob Bell preached a really interesting sermon about Samson back before Christmas as part of his “Calling all Peacemakers” series. In it he describes why Samson should really be viewed as a negative and tragic figure in Jewish literature, not as a hero, as he is a prime example of the destructive cycle of violence and what happens when you ignore the limits placed on vengeance and retaliatory violence by commands such as “eye for an eye”.

]]> http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/03/31/that-choir-is-the-bomb/comment-page-1/#comment-16609 null Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:03:15 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/03/31/that-choir-is-the-bomb/#comment-16609 Christians seem to forget this prime example of suicide in their bible... Christians seem to forget this prime example of suicide in their bible…

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