[wideawake]

Christ shows us that enemy-love is the heart of the gospel.

Only a "theologian" unlettered in Greek could make this mistake.

In Greek there is a specific term for a personal enemy (echthros) and another for a military one (antikemai).

The Gospels use the word "echthros" in the sense of a personal enemy - someone with whom we have a personal quarrel, animosity, etc.

In terms of a military adversary it's not a personal matter - it's a matter of one's family's and country's survival. It is not an act of love to refrain from destroying someone who is trying to kill your family. In fact, such restraint is an act of hatred or indifference toward the people whom you have a responsibility to love and honor.

We reject the false teaching that any human being can be defined as outside the law's protection.

Nowhere in Scripture or in traditional Christianity does there exist a notion that all individuals are entitled to legal protection. In fact, the Old Testament expressly assumes the opposite is true and the New Testament does not make any claim to refute the Old Tetsament position.

Terrorists are, legally speaking, spies and according to the laws of both God and man they can be put to death without benefit of legal process.

[GarySpFc]

I am not a full time theologian, but I do have a Th.D. and I fully agrees with your response. These leftists have departed from the Word of God in creating their antiwar theology.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Excellent points. But this is the kind of stuff that is frequently (intentionally or otherwise) overlooked, resulting in a misrepresentation of biblical teachings.

[GarySpFc]

It is not an act of love to refrain from destroying someone who is trying to kill your family. In fact, such restraint is an act of hatred or indifference toward the people whom you have a responsibility to love and honor.

Hate often masquerades as love.

[ColoCdn]

Excellent point.

It behooves Christians to believe in the concepts of "...turning the other cheek..." and "...going the extra mile...". "As much as it is up to you, be at peace with all people...".

However, we are also called to be good stewards and protectors of those under our household, and the household of God.

As a good steward of my wife and children, the overriding principle would cause me to beat the crap out of anyone wanting to harm them, defile them, oppress them, violate them, ... well you get the point.

I'm fascinated, and disgusted, by these so-called promoters of "Christian" concepts of peace. The illogic of the concept of "Christ love" somehow trumping our responsibility to our families and communities in the face of tangible (read 3000 WTC dead) is impossible to reconcile. Did the God of the Old Testament die on the cross, or did He graciously bring into the world a deeper understanding of the battle between the spiritual and the material?

These people act like the unforgivable sin is to protect your country by fighting evil. Oh yeah, I forgot. They don't really believe in evil. Everybody's good. Just misunderstood.