From: Jeremy Bradley (jeremyb@nor.com.au)
Date: Sat 09 Nov 2002 - 03:27:28 GMT
At 08:06 AM 6/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 12:12 , Grant Callaghan wrote:
>
>> the armies raised by these religious empires still use the words of
>> Christ and Mohamed
>
>Now, I'm not a biblical or koranic scholar, so, I'm just asking- what
>words of the new testament are they using? I can bring up about a
>thousand words from Deuterotomy that would skin you alive, but, I'm
>absent of anything reported to be said by Christ that could be used to
>foment war. Just the opposite.
>
>- Wade
Spot on Wade
As a Biblical scholar, I can verify the above. Those in favour of war can
not, acording to the essential teachings, call themselves followers of
Christ. In fact, until politics and Christianity became intertwined at a
State level (300-400AD), it was antithetical to Christian ideology to be
actively involved with violence or war.
Cheers
Jeremy
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