In reading Deuteronomy 20 in a section entitled 'Going to War' I wonder how many soldiers actually took this advice before fighting in any battles. What would happen to the military of today were posed these situations like "if you built a new house make sure you live in it', if you planted a crop make sure you enjoy what you grew, and if you pledged to a woman make sure to marry her before going to war and letting someone else enjoy the fruits of your labor and not you. Now I know why the military asks for volunteers.
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Mark Graham
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Deuteronomy 19
In reading a section in Deuteronomy titled 'Witnesses' there are few famous lines that have been used many times in many circumstances like 'an eye for an eye', 'a tooth for a tooth', hand for a hand', and a 'foot for a foot'. What if today we would do this literally to various criminals depending on the offense. Do you think the rate of various crimes would decrease and purge the evil from whomever. We must remember not to give false testimony for one never knows when it will come back to bite you in the but when least expected.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH12 days ago in Critique
Venezuela
By Leavie “Soul on Fire” Scott Her name was Nava, a 23‑year‑old shopkeeper’s daughter from Tehran, though she didn’t feel young anymore. Not after the week she had survived. Not after watching the value of Iran’s currency collapse so fast that shop windows changed prices twice a day. Not after seeing her father stand in his empty store and whisper, “I cannot afford to open tomorrow.”
By Organic Products 2 days ago in Critique
Wild Card Weekend Recap: What Happens Now?
I think I figured out why I love Wild Card Weekend so much. It's because it's the first playoff anything of the calendar year. The NFL season starts in the fall, and once upon a time, the champion was crowned either on or slightly before New Year's. The evolution of the NFL schedule has resulted in the playoffs starting just into the New Year, and currently, the final week of the season falls on the first weekend of the New Year, with Wild Card Weekend coming a week after that. So yes, chronologically, the NFL's Wild Card Weekend serves as the first playoff anything of the calendar year.
By Clyde E. Dawkins6 days ago in Unbalanced
Comments (3)
Good point....volunteers.
This makes me think this list could go on and on luv it
Don't make hasty decisions...think it through