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To: Arthur McGowan
This bishop is not higher than Christ, who said to render unto caesar that which is caesars and unto God that which is God's. A military obligation carried out is giving caesar or the govt its due.

vaudine
170 posted on 03/18/2003 8:29:30 PM PST by vaudine
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To: vaudine
A military obligation carried out is giving caesar or the govt its due.

That's a sound principle, as far as it goes. But it doesn't answer the question about a PARTICULAR war. If the bishop were correct that this is an unjust war, then he would be correct to instruct his people that they must not participate in it. In that case, "render unto Caesar" would be irrelevant. Caesar has no right to demand that the citizen do anything that is immoral.

As it is, the bishop is correct regarding the moral principles he discusses. He's just wrong about this war. It is not an unjust war of aggression.

206 posted on 03/18/2003 10:45:12 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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