tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post1612349109694630340..comments2023-12-24T06:13:49.857-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Closet Republican: Praying for Peace and the Anti-War MovementIncognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-13217653382451301402007-03-30T18:44:00.000-04:002007-03-30T18:44:00.000-04:00I wish I had your simple world view, Anon, but the...I wish I had your simple world view, Anon, but the U.N. wasn't about to back the invasion because some of the member states (Germany, France and Russia) had far too much at stake, as was the UN itself, with the whole Food for Oil fiasco. <BR/><BR/>So then what?Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-85856872016399698562007-03-30T16:57:00.000-04:002007-03-30T16:57:00.000-04:00We should NEVER have gone into Iraq without a UN r...We should NEVER have gone into Iraq without a UN resolution backing the invasion, End of Story!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-28166703462444584872007-03-22T15:41:00.000-04:002007-03-22T15:41:00.000-04:00Lambent, no-one is telling you to believe anything...Lambent, no-one is telling you to believe anything. We all have freedom to choose. All I know is that there have been too many things happen in my life to *not* believe.<BR/><BR/>And, as Papa J said, God-less societies don't look to the 10 Commandments for moral guidance. Some of the worst human rights violations have occured and still do in God-less societies.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-61911339614911918952007-03-22T10:29:00.000-04:002007-03-22T10:29:00.000-04:00Communism proclaimed itself free of God and what d...Communism proclaimed itself free of God and what did it get in return? A more moral caring society? No, we have already run that experiment and proven that man must obey his conscience. When men completely ignore that inner compass they are rightly labeled sociopaths. So, no matter what you call that inner light, it is necessary for man to obey. Incongnito is right, without it we would find only anarchy.Papa Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553592541103800402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-84436356911859745932007-03-22T05:31:00.000-04:002007-03-22T05:31:00.000-04:00I agree we need a set of moral standards. These w...I agree we need a set of moral standards. These were presented in the form of the bible. Now we have laws to govern us and systems that do the same job.<BR/><BR/>Why can't we take out of the equation? Peolle can still believe but I don;t see any reason for a God to be taken into account when we're dealing with politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-3922268455171196382007-03-22T01:35:00.000-04:002007-03-22T01:35:00.000-04:00Thank you for all your insightful comments, my fri...Thank you for all your insightful comments, my friends. <BR/><BR/>BCF: Yes, we are too soft a society and that will be our downfall if we don't toughen up. It's easier to just think, let someone else do the fighting, or, perhaps it will all just go away. Aint gonna happen.<BR/><BR/>MUD: They say that we could have won the Vietnam War, had there been support on the homefront. Hard to say, but the way the soldiers were treated *was* despicable. I'm glad to say that I have always supported our military and the brave soldiers who have and had the courage to sign up. God Bless our troops and those of our allies!<BR/><BR/>Papa J: No, we wouldn't have and that's what's sad. And the Bosnian fight was short and sweet. I did a lot of research on that war for a play I did, and they were praying for the world to intercede. we eventually did, but they suffered much hardship and death. and yes, it was interesting, though the Muslims there (at least at the time) were mostly cultural rather than religious. They intermarried and lived in harmony, until the war and then all hell broke loose. Brothers killed brothers. Very sad. And it is interesting that Muslim world cares not that we fought for them. They consider us the great Satan because we are considered the main superpower and we represent the Western World at what they consider the worst. And we have our military based in the Middle East. And we wholeheartedly support Israel.. and the list goes on.<BR/><BR/>BCF: with the UN right?....We don't even want to go there.. that useless, wretched organization. <BR/><BR/>Risen Soul: Thank you for stopping by. Interesting to hear a Pastor's perspective. I think Iraq will turn into something worse than a dictatorship, sadly. <BR/>But don't you think that many things written in the various religious books can be open to interpretation and are often misinterpreted, by man? It's like reading a poem. 2 different people might gain something totally different from it. That's why there are so many Christian sects, and I think that's one of the fundamental problems with Islam today. Misinterpretation of the Koran. Though there's no misinterpreting their goals.<BR/><BR/>Lambent: what can I say, lad. God, Himself, isn't the problem, it's how man worships and interprets the various teachings. Do you really think man could survive,as a whole, without some belief in some Higher Power, or a set of moral standards to live by? It would be anarchy.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-46833024763553374952007-03-22T00:02:00.000-04:002007-03-22T00:02:00.000-04:00Are you all seriously talking about what God think...Are you all seriously talking about what God thinks about? <BR/><BR/>When are you going to leave God out of it? We did need a God anymore. His time has finished and what a 2000 year old book says really shouldn't have any consequences on how we lead our lives. <BR/><BR/>People need to stop believing in Gods. It would solve a million problems, including fundamentalist nutcases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-1852531301119620812007-03-21T18:07:00.000-04:002007-03-21T18:07:00.000-04:00The decision to go to war is never an easy one. Ri...The decision to go to war is never an easy one. Right or wrong for going, and I still think more right than wrong, we certainly can't just abandon ship now. IF we pull out it will turn back into a dictatorship in about a week.<BR/><BR/>As far as speaking for God, the only way we can do that is through what is clearly present in God's word the Bible, and when it comes to issues of war, you might say that is a grey area. I am a Christian minister, and there are certain things I have no problem saying "This is what God says" but when it comes to Iraq, i don't think God said go or stay. We just had to make a moral choice, and on that kind of thing there is never 100% agreement.risen_soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845841110206577271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-39960759837199766512007-03-21T12:52:00.000-04:002007-03-21T12:52:00.000-04:00Western civilization is the Great Satan. The US is...Western civilization is the Great Satan. The US is just the most obvious target. As for the Muslims of Bosnia do not expect gratitude for that. Canadian troops were deployed there, our then Liberal government actually tried to hush up the fact that they were doing actual fighting (and dying) as opposed to "peace keeping", which is the the great Canadian Myth.Blazingcatfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260488914265052543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-1616909780915836482007-03-21T10:40:00.000-04:002007-03-21T10:40:00.000-04:00I don't think we would have gotten into WWII until...I don't think we would have gotten into WWII until the attrocities became personal. If Pearl Harbor hadn't happened it would have taken the invasion of England or another direct attack on the US to pull us in.<BR/><BR/>Bosnia, I believe, wasn't as hard for us to go into for two reasons: 1) Its in europe 2) The fighting was conventional for hard targets. We know how to fight those wars both on the ground and in the media.<BR/><BR/>Of particular interest to me is that we ended up defending Muslims in Bosnia. It doesn't make sense that the Mid East perception is that the USA is the great satan.Papa Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553592541103800402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-50270803111746448652007-03-21T10:29:00.000-04:002007-03-21T10:29:00.000-04:00As a sideline in my life I watch the history chann...As a sideline in my life I watch the history channel (a lot) It never ceases to amaze me that time after time peace was the result of armed conflict and so far I have not found it the result of praying, talking or loving your enemy. Most soldiers (I was one) are not frustrated with the conduct of the war, they get disheartened by the lack of support they get from the people back home. I wittnessed people spitting on soldiers as they came through the airports coming home from Vietnam. I told people that they had the right to protest and burn their flag. They had better not forget who they are and burn my flag or spit on me. Your freedoms stop where mine begin. I wouldn't have minded an arrest record for stomping the crap out of someone so thoughtless as to spit on me. Pray for Peace but be prepared for war. MUDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-24402660625464179322007-03-20T19:38:00.000-04:002007-03-20T19:38:00.000-04:00Many in the West have lost the will to defend the ...Many in the West have lost the will to defend the ideals of our civilization. They have been poisoned by the moral relativism of a too soft society. They are the spoiled children of privelege who have never had to fight, never experienced true hardship and consequently are simply too narcisistic to even be able to dream of the sacrifice necessary to preserve our heritage. Having been denied proper moral guideposts they have developed a perverse and tragically naive worldview.<BR/><BR/>PS. Jesus said love your enemies, he didn't say don't have any...Blazingcatfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260488914265052543noreply@blogger.com