Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you…Of course, I could be accused of being judgmental, but would I do good not to use healthy judgment and let my conscience speak?
JOHN 14:27
I just cannot help thinking 'How would Jesus attack Iran?' when I hear war prone politicians and presidential and veep candidates in US elections. It seems like those who confess their religion loudest talk most favorably about war. In fact, war is called God's will! (see: here; and uh... gas pipelines are also God's plan...)
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I'm with you, Sander. I've had similar thoughts in recent days (and was actually thinking about writing my own blog post about it)...
Eric,
I actually wrote this blog post after reading your entry on voting with the winner, no matter what he/she might stand for. Maybe I misunderstood you, but your pronounced 'the President is a friend', I found untypically uncritical for your standards. Of course it matters who is in office when GOP or no GOP made the difference between war or no war in Iraq.
Best,
Sander
If all religion teaches us is moronic fatalism, to the point of what christianity may have become today, then I have a strong hunch that the abscence of religion will not make a difference to our well being on this earth. I think it goes beyond chirstianity which seems a hypocrisy.
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