tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post7461986887893885434..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: Living By The Sword, Dying By The SwordArthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-6582974463887911652013-02-09T09:10:00.709-05:002013-02-09T09:10:00.709-05:00Tim, I don't ask anyone to go to Iraq or Afgha...Tim, I don't ask anyone to go to Iraq or Afghanistan to kill for me and I reject the idea that those who do go, regardless of their motivation, are doing so to sustain our lifestyle, Those wars, esp. Iraq, are both unnecessary and unconstitutional. I am required to submit to the state but that doesn't mean that I am required to support the state by killing or cheering on those who kill on behalf of that state, whether those men are Roman centurions or U.S. snipers.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-13490554950420275922013-02-09T08:44:23.793-05:002013-02-09T08:44:23.793-05:00John, I downloaded that book for my Kindle but hav...John, I downloaded that book for my Kindle but havent gotten around to reading it yetArthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-32906561104241858872013-02-08T19:24:26.208-05:002013-02-08T19:24:26.208-05:00I wonder if Christian pacifists who call themselve...I wonder if Christian pacifists who call themselves peacemakers would actually go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or Pakistan and risk their lives in the cause of peace.<br /><br />Mr. Kyle was heroic not because he killed, but because he went. Few who have not been there understand that these men do not go to kill, but to defend. They kill because they believe they must.<br /><br />That he went is what makes him a hero. Those who go in the cause of peace are also heroic, in my opinion.<br /><br />All of us who live here in the United States live by the sword. Even if we do not pull the triggers, our lifestyle is sustained by those who are willing to go and do so - or support those who do.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289875286148170862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-47369584702512457382013-02-07T15:45:01.547-05:002013-02-07T15:45:01.547-05:00Arthur,
Am reading Tolstoy's "The Kingdo...Arthur,<br /><br />Am reading Tolstoy's "The Kingdom of God is Within You". In the Preface he states,"In affirming my belief in Christ's teaching, I could not help explaining why I do not believe, and consider as mistaken, the Church's doctrine, which is usually called Christianity.<br /><br />Among the many points in which this doctrine falls short of the doctrine of Christ I pointed out as the principal one the absence of any commandment of non-resistance to evil by force. The perversion of Christ's teaching by the teaching of the Church is more clearly apparent in this than in any other point of difference".<br /><br />The first chapter, sees him supporting his own claims, with quotes from a letter he received from some Quakers,"A Christian, according to the teaching of God himself, can act only peaceably toward all men, and therefore there can be noauthority able to force the Christian to act in opposition to the teaching of God and to the principal virtue of the Christian in his relation with his neighbors."<br /><br />This book was written in response to criticisms of an earlier book (What I believe", or,"A Confession") which revealed the depth of his thinking, and low opinion of the church in which he was raised.<br /><br />" In my book I made it an<br />accusation against the teachers of the Church that their teaching<br />is opposed to Christ's commands clearly and definitely expressed<br />in the Sermon on the Mount, and opposed in especial to his command<br />in regard to resistance to evil, and that in this way they deprive<br />Christ's teaching of all value."<br /><br />His writing is available free on line.<br /> <br /><br />Aussie Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199918171163666399noreply@blogger.com