RE: The terrorism meme

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Sat 09 Nov 2002 - 09:04:12 GMT

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    Jeremy, I have a couple of Bible-related questions, and am hoping that you can help out.

    1. Can you quote a couple of determinative anti-war biblical sources?

    2. Can you explain the biblical connection between the Christian fundamentalists and their Armageddon-related support for Israel?

    I hope this isn't asking too much, and would greatly appreciate your help in understanding this.

    Thanks in advance, Lawry

    -----Original Message----- From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Jeremy Bradley Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 10:27 PM To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The terrorism meme

    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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