[LearsFool]

All those wars were the consequence of the Jews being disobedient to God’s plain teaching that they were not to have a king like the heathen nations around them

Incorrect.

Who was king, for instance, when the walls of Jericho fell and God commanded all its inhabitants be put to death, save only Rahab and her household? Who was king while Israel marched through the land of Canaan, slaughtering and dispossessing the various inhabiting nations "whose iniquity is full"?

You think that’s a blessing?

I think the entire will of God is a blessing, whether it be His gift of peace to Israel, or His call to make war and punish evil.

Wish Christians would read their Bibles.

I'd suggest reading a bit more of the Bible than a few citations from pacifist sermons.

[Hank Kerchief]

My frind, I studied the Bible for years, have read it in both Greek (NT), and (haltingly), Hebrew, and have studied most of the thologians, from the early church Fathers to Finney.

I am not a pacifist, and am surprised a Christian (perhaps not) so loosely accuses people of things without evidence.

I do not really care what you think, but just want to make it clear I’m not opposed to necessary war, but regard a love of war tantamount to a love of wholesale murder, which is what it is.

Hank