April 16th, 2003, 01:09 AM
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Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
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Originally posted by raynor:
I think there is ample Biblical support to show that Jesus would have supported the war.
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This is way off topic but Huh!?
Jesus was a pacifist. I am not a practicing Christian but after twelve years of Christian education - I would say unequivocally that Jesus would never have supported any war under any circumstances. Most Fundamentalists (especially the t.v. kind) try to point to the post gospel books and the O.T. to support war mongering.
[quote]Originally posted by MegaTrain:
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Regarding eschatology (end times)--there are very very few who hold that it is our ROLE as Christians to actually BRING ABOUT the Last days by our actions or behaviour. Just because someone has a religious belief that someday the world will end doesn't mean that they are supposed to bring it about.
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That may be true, but one of the reasons that the Religious right supports Israel is there belief that its existance is a sign of the second coming. So I would be willing to go out on a limb that the war in Iraq is in the back of their minds as another harbinger of the apocalypse.
[ April 16, 2003, 00:19: Message edited by: rextorres ]
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