[Don Myers]

There are some things in which I agree with the OT more than I do the NT. King David and his reign is one example. He didn't take anything from his enemies.

Even Christians have a duty to their country. If an enemy attacks their country, they have a duty to defend it. I would not place American troops in any unnecessary danger. It is still the duty of the soldier to allow the enemy the privilege of dying for his or her country. If we have the fuel-air bombs, we should use them. Any military response should be overwhelming and terminal.

[annalex]

[Diamond]

One of my fellow Orthodox Christian Freepers rebuked me privately (as well he should) and asked me to retract my call. Moved by this, and by two sermons by my bishop, I do so now.

Asking not as a challenge, but as a request for information; why did you retract? What reasons justify your retraction? I'm not trying to be dense (that just comes naturally:-)

Cordially,

[ctdonath2]

Those who call for nuking capitals and countries should well remember the genuine innocents there.

Luke 17:1-2 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe [unto him], through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

Wreak vengance upon the guilty, not the innocent.

[Don Myers]

Listen, do Christians have some sort of equivalent to Jihad? I don't know. It would seem fair somehow. I guess we should trust the Lord to do His thing.

[cognitivedissonance_liberation]

The problem has to do with expressing a Christian cultural identity for American society collectively. Secular liberals and non-Christians oppose this and many Christians have submitted to them. Is "America" Christian? Obviously most Americans have some connection with Christian denominations or ideas, but large numbers vote for liberal and secularist policies which create the image of a godless society. Now, a cultish Islam has raised its specter as a threat to America. People try to pray and attend public prayer and memorial services. But probably within months the Dems will be right back at our throats pushing for yet more godless liberalism. Is "America" a Christian civilization or a post-Christian civilization?