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The stakes weren't high. Rather than show compassion or try to understand, many actually condemned people who tried to tell them the truth. Those people might as well have been throwing stones at Jesus on the cross. These are not special events that are some special exception, they are the real world tests that show you who people really are.

Most people failed the test in a dramatic way. A few have learned a lesson & did actually repent in some form or fashion. But many have made excuses while others doubled down. People who are good Christians until tested are not good Christians.

Weak people like to compete to demonstrate obedience because it's something they can do to feel like they are gaining social status over those willing to speak out. People who pursue status over truth are just spreading evil.

mleku 2y ago

all who follow the laws of man in defiance of the laws of God commit evil.

but defying it openly isn't a law of God. fighting it in effective ways is, and fighting an over-powered enemy with open combat is suicide, which is a sin.

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mleku 2y ago

i should also add that the anger, when expressed in this way, is a vice as well.

Jeff Swann 2y ago

I agree with all of that, but it was made very clear that life was not at stake by the people who stood up & survived. They were willing to sacrifice some temporary sense of social status & comfort in order to adhere to what was true while others were not, & many took pleasure in acquiring unearned social status by verbally attacking anyone who chose dissent.