Christian Democrats in the United States
Conceptual Issues - Military ResponsibilityIf an American should choose to fight, he or she should fight with honor. Since the People delegate resources, weapons and authority, the military should be held to a higher standard of conduct, not granted immunities, and the institutions should not waste our money. The U.S. military should seek and promote truth. That's how we would win, as long as "winning" is defined as meaningful and specific objectives by leadership. If an American should choose not to fight, that should be honored. Either way, we aim toward a world free of war. We recognize the reality that many poor Americans see themselves with only a choice only between crime and the military. It is a testament to the principles of the founding fathers that our military does as a good job forging respectable soldiers as it does, and they must be educated on those principles. We owe it to the common soldiers to embrace them when they return from war, to heal their wounds, to attempt to understand their experiences, and to listen.
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What part of "You shall not kill" is not clear? To put the Lord's word on a weapon of murder is blasphemy, or I hope so, at any rate, or is it all for nothing? The world is not ideal but wow, you really think Jesus wanted people to go around shooting each other when he said "love one another?" Are we supposed to think they'd put us on the cross of their sights for saying so? Or a sword or a stick as we return to pre-stone age in a cataclysmic freeze... could happen. Why keep circling around like the crows and vultures instead fly up.... That is weird, just strange, and frightening. What you do with your own engraver kit on your own gun is your business, weirdos, but no one company or soldier in our citizen volunteer army has the right to make an official religious statement on behalf of command, particularly in war. Command is supposed to be thinking about strategy, and pissing people off is not usually a great way to make friends.Bogey at three o'clock... "Go ahead and shoot... you'd be doing me a favor..." Sam and a drink and a song or two. Sure, why not argue that the world can stop fighting, and prosper, yet remain independent in singular and in country. There is no need for a world government, but a world of functioning democracies can still use the U.N. as a forum to resolve disputes. Resolve doesn't mean "settle for money," either. It can all mean something as humble as an apology to someone you love. Why not make the world a better place, because we do not know whether the hour is late, or far.
So in a sense everyone overseas ought to be a preacher; and why not, because getting along is a lot easier. But to glorify the Lord with human blood... I'm not sure, I don't. Human god customs demanded that, but this turned out to be the unimagined one, right, who was there for all to see, at one time? Physics is God's "Rubricon" apparently, though some seals remain unlocked ... why not have faith that pillar of fire and transmutation of form was not a fable?
Perhaps he doesn't interfere in earthquakes because the lava core spins the magnet that keeps our air here, and if he interfered here or there, where should he stop? The displacement might end up being a dead world like Mars without any air, but he's the living god - for real, and why not?
One Laptop Per Child can help Haiti look up good building plans... adults are not beyond learning to use computers either.
It's good to live while living's good, and he's there, it's good to remember. So he leaves us alone to fend for ourselves against the elements as best we can, because they're here. It's not an apology, it's necessary. We could take care of everyone a lot better and not have to force anyone to do so, with knowledge. People picked knowledge, somehow, to work with, it's what we've got.
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