... of love of enemies in relation to war and peace in the Jewish and Christian faiths. Klassen has three distinct concerns that make an influence on his views on peace. First, Klassen feels he has a responsibility, as a student of the bible, to listen to the word of the bible. He ... Poems." The acts which were performed in the tales exemplified the ideas of violence and vengeance. Klassen provides an example of this thirst for vengeance when he quotes Agamemnon stating, "No; we are not going to leave a single one of them alive, down to the babies in their mothers" wombs- not ... the asp...

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... show that not once during his Galilean ministry did Jesus say a single word to suggest that he was the Messiah, the one who would liberate Israel. Endo quotes Stauffer as saying: The fundamental and incontestable fact is that the idea of being the "Messiah" can be found nowhere in the collection of the sayings of Jesus ... God began to become much greater. The inquisitors charged that his preaching was not by the inspiration of God, but the work of the evil spirit. On top of this, many people still came to Jesus searching for miracles as evidence of his message of God. Seeing Jesus perfo...

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