tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post9209751182132390511..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: Eleven Years LaterArthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-19729169357656501422012-09-11T23:03:32.327-04:002012-09-11T23:03:32.327-04:00Arthur, this is really good. I think that you hit ...Arthur, this is really good. I think that you hit the nail right on the head in describing that our role is not to dish out vengeful acts on those who've wronged us. Where is our love toward our enemies? I don't think that that is a topic that is brought up very often even by professing Christians. After all, what does it accomplish if we simply use the same retaliatory actions to get back at our enemies? What message does that send to the world? <br /><br />All I can say is that my thinking has also changed on the subject over the last 11 years, even though I was only 11 years old at the time that it took place. Is it ever appropriate for a nation to be excited about going to war? Not only that, but we could ask if war was even the appropriate response. After all, Osama bin Laden was a murderer not a military general, and should have been captured and tried as one. <br /><br />I read an interesting statistic from 2002 that stated that 69% of conservative Christians, which I suppose implies Christians of the Evangelical stripe, were in support of a war against Baghdad. That was nearly 10 percentage points higher than the national average. It doesn't say much for our desire to follow Jesus' command to be peacemakers…John Mureikohttp://www.akingdomfamily.com/johns-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-51591451468370668002012-09-11T14:17:43.865-04:002012-09-11T14:17:43.865-04:00An excellent reflection, Arthur. My only concern ...An excellent reflection, Arthur. My only concern (and hence my own reflection this morning) is that while we seek to steer away from the nationalitic "rah rah", we don't forget the people still in pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com