tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post115695479112814813..comments2023-11-05T02:14:11.957-08:00Comments on L'chaim: Going PoliticalHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157668664062513262006-09-07T15:37:00.000-07:002006-09-07T15:37:00.000-07:00Heather, you raise the kinds of questions we shoul...Heather, you raise the kinds of questions we should have been asking long ago. I've been reading Claiborne's IRRESISTIBLE REVOLUTION (Zondervan), in which the author tells of going to Iraq to be with the people as we bombed them. For too long Christians have been loyal to the Republican party before Christian ideology, but I see that changing. Example: If we are to pray for our enemies, when is aspire2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11559340357457209175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157610819467722392006-09-06T23:33:00.000-07:002006-09-06T23:33:00.000-07:00I pray for President Bush. I prayed for each Presi...I pray for President Bush. I prayed for each President before him. My prayers have no politics. Whoever sits in that Oval office needs as much prayer covering as he can get. <BR/><BR/>I'm small in this big world.. thats the job for me I think.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157600050499950002006-09-06T20:34:00.000-07:002006-09-06T20:34:00.000-07:00Mmm, could you be more specific? Weren't they orig...Mmm, could you be more specific? Weren't they originally to take back Christian and Jewish holy sites that had been overrun and claimed by others?<BR/>Joan Peters, a journalist, went to Israel to do research and prove the Israelis wrong--and came to the totally opposite conclusion. See her book, From Time Immemorial.<BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Time-Immemorial-Arab-Jewish-Conflict-Palestine/dp/Margo Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406873560965068584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157138079278794552006-09-01T12:14:00.000-07:002006-09-01T12:14:00.000-07:00I'm glad you shared these thoughts. I am also pre...I'm glad you shared these thoughts. I am also pretty apolitical and I don't know where I stand on this issue. I usually go back to the fact that someone has to stop that kind of behavior, but does it always have to be good 'ol Uncle Sam? I just buried my grandfather, a proud WWII vet, and I do think about the Hitler thing. I am reading <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?link_codeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789250398792504412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157079423634056852006-08-31T19:57:00.000-07:002006-08-31T19:57:00.000-07:00sometimes I think God has a wicked sense of humor....sometimes I think God has a wicked sense of humor... Muslim nations have more oil than they need, non-Muslim nations need oil for their economy as well as a lot of other things we can supply (I know, we have some of the blame for our gluttonous appetite for oil, you can't lay it all on God's shoulders, but that's not where I'm going). We're stuck with each other and we better learn how to work sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157044645628083742006-08-31T10:17:00.000-07:002006-08-31T10:17:00.000-07:00Compelling...challenging...what to think? How to ...Compelling...challenging...what to think? How to respond? Great post, great comments, I have so little to offer in this discussion. Mir is sooo amazingly thoughtful and contemplative; Willowtree has an intriguing perspective as well, although from a very different frame of reference. <BR/><BR/>I'm apolitical. Why? It's like world hunger, I cannot envision a realistic solution in this life.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591733577488673442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157026866773679932006-08-31T05:21:00.000-07:002006-08-31T05:21:00.000-07:00WT - don't be sorry for posting an opinion for whi...WT - don't be sorry for posting an opinion for which I asked! (Besides, isn't that why we blog?) Your perspective, along with Mir's and Dineen's (and numerous others from other conversations) helps me work through this mess. I still haven't reached a "conclusion." I probably never will. Thankfully, I am not in a position that I need to reach a decisive action point.<BR/>I hate war. I hate death. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1157000229084451912006-08-30T21:57:00.000-07:002006-08-30T21:57:00.000-07:00Mir's right. We are in a fallen world. Peace is im...Mir's right. We are in a fallen world. Peace is impossible, at least until Christ's return. What do you do in the meantime? Whatever God puts on our hearts. The big picture can seem overwhelming—start with one person.<BR/><BR/>I read in Galations 5:6 today:<BR/><I>The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.</I><BR/><BR/>I can't say it any better than that.Dineen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560463944362266736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1156975670238705972006-08-30T15:07:00.000-07:002006-08-30T15:07:00.000-07:00I normally would never comment on political issues...I normally would never comment on political issues, but you have raised valid questions:<BR/><BR/>The most important thing to remember when comparing this with WWII is that this is not territorial it is idealogical, something the Bush administration refuses to understand. It is not a fight against an army, its a fight against a belief and can never be won (just ask the Minute Men).<BR/><BR/>When willowtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005551899202334434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-1156958444966879402006-08-30T10:20:00.000-07:002006-08-30T10:20:00.000-07:00I don't think God wants us NOT to be torn. I think...I don't think God wants us NOT to be torn. I think living in a fallen world, being fallen, means that sometimes there are no perfect answers. Since we do not have omniscience, we sometimes stumble on solutions (via grace?) and sometimes don't. But He sanctioned executions, wars (and future combat, as per Revelation), and He sanctioned governments to wield the sword (ie, use violence for good endsMirtikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668769199544406582noreply@blogger.com