tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post1544215467225475249..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: Is "Violence" Really the Right Word?SilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-16185830042912921752019-08-11T17:52:37.496-06:002019-08-11T17:52:37.496-06:00I agree with the shy guy, violence,is probably not...I agree with the shy guy, violence,is probably not the right word. Having worked with perpetrators, direct and so called indirect victims, I think the right word is terrorism. Some might think that waters down the term. Still the purpose of terrorism is to dissuade, punish or hurt not just in the moment but so that EVERY choice forward is shaded by the act. While I appreciate and value those Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08012573436603317689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-72388786165906758912019-08-08T15:53:08.091-06:002019-08-08T15:53:08.091-06:00Your last sentence in your comment struck me. I ...Your last sentence in your comment struck me. I am thinking of the covenants we make (I am certain that it is a covenant path, not an ordinance path) and trying to remember all the covenants I have made. I am not perfect in keeping them (praise the Lord for the gift of His atonement). <br /><br />I have been thinking about the specific covenants associated with marriage. Reviewing them I Mary Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273585058125450521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-59589703378017728842019-08-08T08:13:59.105-06:002019-08-08T08:13:59.105-06:00Thank you. Those words are too small to express ho...Thank you. Those words are too small to express how I felt, reading your comment. <br /><br />I also speak my perspective offline, and usually the reactions I face make me feel like I am unfaithful and ungrateful. I am told I must be depressed, but in therapy I'm told I'm not. <br /><br />I wish that we could speak about hard things more freely, without being told we are disloyal or SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-80247551026224184232019-08-08T00:43:02.178-06:002019-08-08T00:43:02.178-06:00If "war" is not watered down by its use ...If "war" is not watered down by its use in "War in Heaven" then the same should hold true for violence -- emotional abuse is accurately violence in the spiritual sense the same as using "war" to describe premortal proselyting is accurate in the spiritual sense. Far from watering the word down by inclusion, we likely instead water down the word violence by Jonathan A. Cavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785951085433731808noreply@blogger.com