Violent Believer sounds inappropriate, but it is real! Look at:
Matthew 11:11. Truly I say to you: there has not been born of women greater than John the Immerser: but the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he. 12. From the days of John the Immerser until now the Kingdom of the Heavens is taken by violence, and shares in the Heavenly Kingdom are sought for with the most ardent zeal and the most intense exertion and violent men are seizing it, each one claiming eagerly for himself. 13. For all the Prophets and the Torah (Teaching) prophesied until John: 14. and if you want to accept it, he is Elijah, the one who was going to come. (Malachi 3:23) 15. The one who has ears must continually listen.
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