Beast: You write, "I know you may disagree with this post, but there are larger issues here than the temporary comfort of the Lebanese people."
Frankly, you have no way of knowing whether I agree or disagree with your post because I haven't expressed any opinion on the war other than to say:
That Israel has a right to defend itself, a right shared by all sovereign nations;
That any discussion of "proportionality," a principle of just war theory rooted in Christianity, must include consideration of the threat level posed by an enemy. In other words, it's silly to base judgments of the propriety of Israel's response on relative body counts, etc.;
Hezbollah started the war;
I do not equate modern Israel with historic, Biblical Israel; and
That, for the sake of the suffering people in Lebanon and in Israel, I pray that peace will come soon.
These are all in posts I've written since the war began. But I have tried in none of them to say anything more than I feel I can appropriately say as a Christian. I can't claim wisdom from God I haven't been given. Others may give their political opinions on these matters; that isn't my call, I feel.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your comments and please come back again.
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Beast:
You write, "I know you may disagree with this post, but there are larger issues here than the temporary comfort of the Lebanese people."
Frankly, you have no way of knowing whether I agree or disagree with your post because I haven't expressed any opinion on the war other than to say:
That Israel has a right to defend itself, a right shared by all sovereign nations;
That any discussion of "proportionality," a principle of just war theory rooted in Christianity, must include consideration of the threat level posed by an enemy. In other words, it's silly to base judgments of the propriety of Israel's response on relative body counts, etc.;
Hezbollah started the war;
I do not equate modern Israel with historic, Biblical Israel; and
That, for the sake of the suffering people in Lebanon and in Israel, I pray that peace will come soon.
These are all in posts I've written since the war began. But I have tried in none of them to say anything more than I feel I can appropriately say as a Christian. I can't claim wisdom from God I haven't been given. Others may give their political opinions on these matters; that isn't my call, I feel.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your comments and please come back again.
Mark
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