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Originally Posted by Aquila
Is Numbers 31 tragic? YES. Is it horrible? YES. Are the events horrendous??? YES.
But... so was OUR dropping the bomb on Negasaki and Hiroshima, burning the very shadows of men, women, and children into the walls of their own homes just prior to them being vaporized. We should weep over having to have had to resort to that action. However, we should always remember historical facts...
Would we have had to do that if Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor??? No.
Think people, think! |
We who? Pardon me but were YOU even alive when that happened? I know I would never have consented to something that horrible and am certainly not going to take any credit for it by using terms like 'we'.
I believe the kind of 'biblical' garbage we have been discussing here is in large part what makes people believe that they can enslave other humans, judge other humans, kill other humans, and God can and will be on thier side for it. I do not support that, period. It is NOT what Jesus taught. There are many Christians who are pacifists, as was Jesus Christ. While I am not willing to go so far as to let someone come on my land to rape, pillage and kill my family I am at heart a pacifist also. I do believe in self defense in extream situations, however, I am not ever going to be the agressor in a confilct, it is against my religion.
Bombing Japan did not give back the lives taken at Pearl Harbor, it simply added to the overall horror by exponentially adding to innocents slaughtered.
I can not worship, love or even respect a God who would have His hand in that. Fortunately, I believe that my God does not. His name is Yesuha the Annointed One. You may call Him Jesus Christ.
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