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From: russ@ihuxi.UUCP (Russell Spence)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Christians and Morality
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 15:52:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 15:52:48 1984
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> What should the Christian position be regarding War?  Does Christ
> teach that one should prepare to obliterate one's enemies and
> the rest of the world as well if you don't agree with them?
> I have tried to get a response from the Christians on this newsgroup
> to the issue of the morality of nuclear war.
> ...
> Are today's Christians going to sit by  or even encourage the destruction
> of our planet?  
> ...
> Tim Sevener

Tim, of course you are right.  Christ said "Turn the other cheek".  He
clearly didn't advocate violence of any kind, much less war.  Christians
wonder why people like me think they are hypocritical.  Well, this is
one of the main reasons.  Anyone who claims to be a follower of Christ
shouldn't have anything to do with war.  Of course I realize that not
everyone is perfect, and you can't become peaceful and perfect over
night, but you should at least be committed to gaining peace.  If you
are a Christian, this DEFINITELY does NOT mean peace through superior
arms.  This means peace through love.  Everyone knows that Christ was
love and that he never advocated violence.  He said "the MEEK shall
inherit the earth" not he who has the biggest guns.  As for nuclear
arms, I personally would find it very hard to consider anyone to be
a Christian who did not advocate unilateral disarmament.  To build
a huge stockpile of weapons such as nukes is clearly WRONG according
to Christ's teachings.  Now I realize that we may not be strong enough
spiritually to carry out a plan of unilateral disarmament, but if
you are a Christian, at least you should realize that this is the
correct goal and begin to move towards the realization of it.
-- 

						Russell Spence
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						AT&T Technologies
						Naperville, IL