This is the distinguishing aspect of #trueChristianity as in the #NewTestament as contrasted to the Old Testament: and, as such lays the lie to the attempted co-option of #trueChistianity by the fake assertion of a 'Judeo-Christian' tradition.
The Old Testament version of God claims Him/Her/It to be capable of using violence to 'Smite mine enemies'.
The New Testament God that I know and which our friend and comrade, Jesus speaks is, not only, Omnipresent (present everywhere in space and time) but Omnipowerful (capable of anything).
But there is no evidence that 'Man's inhumanity to Man' is anything but the result of Human Actions, through the operation of Human Free Will.
Ps, the OT version is only *one* of the Jewish religious traditions. That was taught to me when I attended the funeral of my fellow Labour Action for Peace member and activist, Walter Wolfgang: the text and litergy at the Liberal Jewish Cemetary in north-west London spoke of a loving God.
Not a 'smiter of enemies': as a Christian, Quaker, Pacifist and Democratic Co-operative Socialist I have no enemies: those that try (so hard!) to be be so are deluded, deranged fools.
Poor they.
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