tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540271.post114234827097780999..comments2023-07-08T08:08:14.754-04:00Comments on Queer Conservative: PeaceKephinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10183050102899666027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540271.post-1142618656413758032006-03-17T13:04:00.000-05:002006-03-17T13:04:00.000-05:00As blood washes down the streets of the world, we ...As blood washes down the streets of the world, we need not pretend to be outraged over theological disputes.<BR/>After all, everytime we give an inch, a mile, a country - a people away we dig up all kinds of rationalizations ({theologies highest among them}; Kosovo I (1300's) to the Boyne to Munich 38' to Kosovo II in the 90's.)<BR/><BR/>Granted that history has witnessed horrors in sectarian violence; granted that prevailing selective influences of the times have rallied forces and, balancing the argument, have disarmed forces. We have evidence that conversion at the point of a sword is everyday history.<BR/><BR/>Allowing that, seeking legitimacy for political surrender through pacificism parsed through theological expressions is a form of unconscionable betrayel; equally perverse. If we don't see clearly the 'here and now' that threatens every practiced and interpretively variant theology but one, all the "kings horses and all the kings men", and all the sack-clothed penitents against violence will not even have standing room when sharia law reigns.<BR/>Yet, therein might be found the pacifists motivation: they choose to be victims and they relish in it. Their use of surrogate martyrs is the outrageous expense the rest of the world bears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540271.post-1142544979898345722006-03-16T16:36:00.000-05:002006-03-16T16:36:00.000-05:00Well, anonymous, since you didn't identify yoursel...Well, anonymous, since you didn't identify yourself, I'm not going to put any faith in your claim to have known Tom.<BR/><BR/>And Christian theology, like most things, is open to interpretation. Cal and I happen to disagree with yours and Tom's.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285022995382998642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540271.post-1142534763667599492006-03-16T13:46:00.000-05:002006-03-16T13:46:00.000-05:00Sadly, Cal Thomas shows his ignorance of basic Chr...Sadly, Cal Thomas shows his ignorance of basic Christian theology in saying "The theology of Christian Peacemaker Teams is as wrong as its politics."<BR/><BR/>Sadly, he didn't know Tom...I DID.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540271.post-1142363321433806152006-03-14T14:08:00.000-05:002006-03-14T14:08:00.000-05:00Where are the "Human shields" when you need them? ...Where are the "Human shields" when you need them? You know, that shower who went to Iraq before the war started with the aim of stationing themselves in orphanages and hospitals so George Bush wouldn't bomb them. Their logic being that their lives were more valuable than Iraqi children and sick so George would find other targets (like military ones Duh!).<BR/><BR/>Needless to say they were horrified when Saddam decided to place them in fron of what he perceived to be more realistic targets.<BR/><BR/>Where are they now? Why aren't they in Iraq protecting the innocent today? Surely the Islamic terrorists would stop the violence if only these peacekeepers would ask?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com