[Jedi Master Pikachu]

They could be Christians, or they could happen to not be Christians, and they also could be idiots, though not necessarily. As for being part of a [bad] cult (though technically all non-Christians are in collusion with [darkness]), that probably isn't the case.

The Bible has plenty of accounts of Israel going astray, and God punishing them: with their armies losing and their soldiers dying; people dying of plague because King David had a census; with their country being crushed and a lot of their people being put into exile. So for Christians to propose that soldiers dying in Asia is because the United States has gone astray isn't all that insane of a prospect.

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P.S. By the way, personally do not necessarily support their view that the American troops deaths in Iraq are tied directly to the United States' turning from God.

[Howard Jarvis Admirer]

Agree with your analysis: "The Bible has plenty of accounts of Israel going astray, and God punishing them: with their armies losing and their soldiers dying; people dying of plague because King David had a census; with their country being crushed and a lot of their people being put into exile. So for Christians to propose that soldiers dying in [Iraq] is because the United States has gone astray isn't all that insane of a prospect."

And as in the Old Testament, persons who propose that their country will be punished for its sins often are not popular - I think one Old Testament prophet was put into prison or a well for his unpopular remarks - Jeremiah?