Kochchikade, Negombo and Batticaloa

More than 138 people have been killed and more than 400 injured after coordinated bomb blasts hit a number of high-end hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning. - CNN

How does the principle of "Love your enemies"' ~ for those who subscribe to it as a moral imperative ~ deal with or withstand atrocities like the one in Sri Lanka this morning?

@fmf said

More than 138 people have been killed and more than 400 injured after coordinated bomb blasts hit a number of high-end hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning. - CNN

How does the principle of "Love your enemies"' ~ for those who subscribe to it as a moral imperative ~ deal with or withstand atrocities like the one in Sri Lanka this morning?

Love your enemies is a ridiculous notion.

But loving those you perceive as enemies
is worth pursuing as is forgiveness.

@wolfgang59 said
Love your enemies is a ridiculous notion.

But loving those you perceive as enemies
is worth pursuing as is forgiveness.

I think that Jesus meant love in the sense of not creating further animosity by returning the hatred. It also is in line with His earlier statement about the peacemakers and Solomons statement about a soft answer turning away wrath.

Plus contrary to many there is no reward for loving people who love you back but there is a promise of reward for showing love that is not returned.

@fmf said

More than 138 people have been killed and more than 400 injured after coordinated bomb blasts hit a number of high-end hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning. - CNN

How does the principle of "Love your enemies"' ~ for those who subscribe to it as a moral imperative ~ deal with or withstand atrocities like the one in Sri Lanka this morning?

All religions have this problem with extremism. Religion is really a curse of mankind. The greatest thing is brotherly love and charity. All who practice this will see God.

@rajk999 said
All religions have this problem with extremism. Religion is really a curse of mankind. The greatest thing is brotherly love and charity. All who practice this will see God.

So now you equate terrorism with religion? What is wrong with you?

@suzianne said
So now you equate terrorism with religion? What is wrong with you?

Religion creates terrorism. What is wrong with you?

@suzianne said
So now you equate terrorism with religion? What is wrong with you?

How does your Christian principle of "Love your enemies"' deal with or withstand things like the atrocity in Sri Lanka this morning?

As a result of exploring this topic a joyful conclusion is to be arrived at at what point FMF?

@sonship said
As a result of exploring this topic a joyful conclusion is to be arrived at at what point FMF?

Exploring this topic belongs on a debate and discussion forum like this. How does "Love your enemies"' bear up in the face of atrocities like the one in the OP?

@FMF

I see. Make an insulting jab to other posters and go back to business as usual (the procedure please).

Well, I may contribute. But first I want to examine how it has a more joyful content then say some of the threads I started:

Paul's Gospel is The Gospel
Zecharia 14
Does Death Mean Non-Existence
Thanks For a Wise Servant of God
Its EASY to understand ??
A little comic relief
Derek Prince on Effective Prayer
The Eternal Son of God
Calling Out Jesus in Revelation
What OSAS Doesn't Mean
The Structure of Romans
Can Pity Ever [Be] Against God

To name a few threads I started. I'm considering what you have to offer here as why it should be considered more joyful subject matter.

@sonship said
To name a few threads I started.

I suggest you start a separate thread about how good your threads are.

Meanwhile, more than 200 dead in Colombo. How does "Love your enemy" fare in the face of this?

@fmf said
I suggest you start a separate thread about how good your threads are.

Meanwhile, more than 200 dead in Colombo. How does "Love your enemy" fare in the face of this?

Is the alternative, "An eye for an eye"?

@great-big-stees said
Is the alternative, "An eye for an eye"?

Maybe so. But as I understand it, "Love your enemy" superseded "An eye for an eye" when Christianity broke away from Judaism. Matthew 5:38-45. I am interested in how it works in practice.

@fmf said
How does your Christian principle of "Love your enemies"' deal with or withstand things like the atrocity in Sri Lanka this morning?

We are charged with praying for them and doing what we can to provide aid to the victims. In this case, being some 12,000 miles away means one way to help provide aid is to perhaps donate to operations on the ground like the International Red Cross.

@suzianne said
We are charged with praying for them and doing what we can to provide aid to the victims. In this case, being some 12,000 miles away means one way to help provide aid is to perhaps donate to operations on the ground like the International Red Cross.

Aid for the victims sounds good but the victims are not your enemies while the perpetrators of the atrocity presumably are. "Praying for them", then. What element of "love" would there be in such prayers?