So let's look at the skewed reasoning in that article...
I would like to speak to you today about Christianity and War. I don't suppose there is anything I write and speak about with more fervor than the biblical, economic, and political fallacies of religious people. This is especially true regarding the general subject of Christianity and war. If there is any group of people that should be opposed to war, torture, militarism, the warfare state, state worship, suppression of civil liberties, an imperial presidency, blind nationalism, government propaganda, and an aggressive foreign policy it is Christians, and especially conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist Christians who claim to strictly follow the dictates of Scripture and worship the Prince of Peace.
Pretty clear that the guy treats war as those other things in his comparison, but is that really true about God's people per history? No sane Christian believer wants war. But it's sometimes necessary, otherwise Christ's enemies would have total control. Is that what we Christians really want, to lay down total control to our enemies that seek to destroy us? Of course not.
When Christ told His disciples those who didn't yet have a sword to go buy one, that's about the right of self-defense. He was not telling them to turn the other cheek in a situation with a robber or murderer, or wild animal they might meet on the open road.
One of the worst abuses of Scripture by Leftist Liberals is where Christ told us to love our enemies in turning the other cheek, to do good to our enemies, to love and do good unto them . That wasn't meant in the sense of a robber or murderer coming at you with intent to murder you, nor about an enemy military army seeking to destroy. That was not about terrorist attacks on American soil, nor terrorist bombings targeting Americans in foreign countries. Not all of our enemies that oppose us want to actually kill us. The word 'enemy' is not always synonymous with literal war. A bully that lives down the street that hates us can be classified as an enemy.
Our Lord expected us to use common sense with this point. Obviously, those who really do want to kill us would want us to make it easy, and have us simply not raise arms against them in self-defense. Our Lord's command in Luke 22:36 puts His turn the other cheek into perspective. As Paul said in Rom.12:18, "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." IF it be possible is a condition. In some situations, that is not possible, even for us Christians.
Yet that guy in that article equates going to war as a violation of civil liberties? Just who's reasoning is that? The enemies of Christ, for what about our enemies that attack us who obviously could care less about OUR civil liberties? It's really a stupid comparison when talking about war. It's a popular argument Leftists like to use.
Militarism is about control of a government by military factions, like WWII Japan, Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia and Communism. U.S. government had a hard time trying to get Americans to back the free nations at the start of WWII. Our military was sorely depleted. South Korea asked for our help against the Communists, as did the government of South Vietnam. The Christian nations have a duty to help the free nations who want to govern themselves against tyrrany from oppressor nations. Regardless if that's part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission or not. And that's not militarism. It's the oppressor nations that attack the free nations that are practicing 'militarism', so that guy has it all backwards, which is what Leftists often do, get the truth backwards.
When Saddam Hussein held a press conference with his CNN pundits, and put up for show a scared to death little Caucasian boy from the west on display, the little boy literally shaking in fear on TV, I have no doubt that made our Heavenly Father rise up off His Throne in Heaven. The Leftists should be ashamed for not calling Saddam Hussein a 'militarist' for doing those kind of things, and even worse things upon his own people.
The U.S. did not end Saddam's reign of terror in the 1990's Gulf War like it should have. Think it had to do with the U.N. causing that. Saddam had massed weapons and we knew it, because we gave some of them to him to fight Iran after our ally the Shaw was overthrown. The atrocities Saddam was still committing after the Gulf War was enough in itself to justify his removal from power. Question should be, where were all the nations that should have helped in the last invasion of Iraq to overthrow him?
All those other comparisons, blind patriotism, imperialism, warfare statism, etc., are on the same order of the other crazy Leftist comparisons.
It is indeed strange that Christian people should be so accepting of war. War is the greatest suppressor of civil liberties. War is the greatest destroyer of religion, morality, and decency. War is the greatest creator of fertile ground for genocides and atrocities. War is the greatest destroyer of families and young lives. War is the greatest creator of famine, disease, and homelessness. War is the health of the state.
That very first statement is propganda. No sane Christian should accept oppression by an enemy that attacks us, nor attack upon an ally of ours, like Taiwan, South Korea, or Israel. War is not about civil liberities. By the time war becomes necessary, the idea of civil liberties on the battlefield has gone out the window. It's a stupid argument only designed to try and make the 'weak' feel guilty for supporting the taking up of arms against an oppressor. That guy might as well say something like self defense is such a violation of civil liberties upon the oppressor! Yes war is not a good thing in itself. But it is sometimes necessary in order to preserve the peace, just a simple fact of this present world. There will always be collateral damage in war.
But Christianity is in a sad state. In the Church can be found some of the greatest supporters of the state, its leaders, its military, and its wars. Christians who are otherwise good, godly, disciples of Christ often turn into babbling idiots when it comes to the subjects of war, the military, and killing for the state. There is an unholy desire on the part of a great many Christians to legitimize killing in war. There persists the idea among too many Christians that mass killing in war is acceptable, but the killing of one's neighbor violates the sixth commandment's prohibition against killing. Christians who wouldn't think of using the Lord's name in vain blaspheme God when they make ridiculous statements like "God is pro-war."
Guess he hasn't read what God said about war, nor what Jesus said about not bringing peace for this time, but instead a sword. Christ said wars must be during this present world, and the end is not yet while they are still happening (Mark 13). The guy's still on a pacifist Leftist dogma about war, making irrational comparisons just to cause the weak-minded a guilt complex so our enemies can defeat us. God said in Zech.14 when the enemy armies come up against Israel in the last days, Judah there is going to fight!
That guy obviously is deluded about the times and the seasons of today's world. There's a war going on even in our streets! Why doesn't he go out in the streets of L.A. where the gangs hang out and ask them to lay down their weapons? or maybe down to the southern border states where Mexican drug cartels are murdering U.S. citizens? Some illusionist has told him that it's possible to setup a Utopia here on earth for today. The guy has totally lost touch with reality.
Christians who try never to lie do so with boldness when they claim they are pro-life, but refuse to extend their pro-life sentiments to foreigners already out of the womb. Christians who abhor idols are guilty of idolatry when they say that we should follow the latest dictates of the state because we should always "obey the powers that be." Christians who venerate the Bible handle the word of God deceitfully when they quote Scripture to justify U.S. government wars. Christians who claim to have the mind of Christ show that they have lost their mind when they want the full force of government to protect a stem cell, but have no conscience about U.S. soldiers killing for the government.
What does that pro-life kind of statement mean? Conservative Christians fight hard against abortion, but not going to war? That's a subject for big debate. Most conservatives don't want to fight against going to war when our nation has been attacked by aggressors who want to destroy us. Nothing wrong with that thinking. But there is... something very wrong with the thinking that we should sit still when we are attacked by an agressor, like the Islamic terrorists.
So if our nation goes to war because it's attacked, and our gov. starts a military draft, what's he saying, that we should dodge that draft?!? Being drafted for war is blind patriotism, but dodging the draft is true citizenship and following Christ?!? Once again, his Leftist reasoning and comparisons show stupidity. The guy's a complete nut case!!!
