War is hell. But...

Christian-news-in-maine.com ^ | 2 December, 2004 | Larry Austin

[newsgatherer]

Whoever said that war is hell uttered an understatement more profound than even the classic British penchant for understatement. War is more than hell. It is a calamity of such magnitude, such horror that even the fallen angels of Satan himself must recoil in horror and unbelief. Man, the supreme being, created in the image of God, alone has the ability to inflict such horror on himself.
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A long time ago a young, scared lt. jg. chased a boy around a hooch. The boy was wounded, unarmed, scared out of his wits and trying to run away. The lt. shot the boy in the back as the boy ran. You all know who that navy lt. was. ...

On Saturday morning, November 13, a young Marine, under the stress of combat fatigue and scared out of his wits, shot a wounded terrorist who may or may not have been armed. An anti-war journalist...

[newsgatherer]

Funny, the same people who wanted Lt.(jg) kerry to be President, condemn this young Marine.

[Shery]

It makes you so mad you could spit nails! The hypocrisy!

[newsgatherer]

That is why, even little papers like us, now have direct access to DOD and others. They know that with us they are treated as honest, reliable sources, instead of the enemy as at cbs, nbc, abc and the old media.

[gooleyman]

It makes you so mad you could spit nails! The hypocrisy!

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God gets mad AND gets even. I just wish he'd get EVEN a little quicker in some cases. ['Course I guess I should be glad he delays in his wrath sometimes. I would have been in deep mud many times...smile.]

[Mad Mammoth]

['Course I guess I should be glad he (God) delays in his wrath sometimes. I would have been in deep mud many times...smile.]

You and me both brother!

If I have learned only one thing in my life about God, (and I hope I've learned a few things), the one thing that has always impressed me is God's Infinite Timing.

Never early, never late, always "right on time", and His Timing will be no different in this case.

God knows what was in the heart of that young Marine, and ultimately that Marine has to answer to nobody but God.

And God will be fair and just as only God can truly be.

[Mad Mammoth]

Don't know what happened to my /em (close italics) but I think you all know who said what. Argh.

[Question_Assumptions]

Anyone who thinks that anything is worse than Hell lacks a proper understanding of the concept.

[newsgatherer]

First read the entire editorial, then comment.

[Question_Assumptions]

I just reread it. And I still think that the first paragraph shows a profound lack of imagination about just how awful Hell could really be.