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War may split clergy, faithful
Washington Times ^ | 9/18/01 | Larry Witham

Posted on 09/18/2001 12:07:59 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:47:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The nation's faiths have united around messages of resolve and prudence, but if America goes to war, clergy and churchgoers may diverge as they have in past conflicts, historians said yesterday.

"There have been arguments among the churches in every one of America's wars," said the Rev. Douglas Strong, a church historian at Wesley Theological Seminary in the District.


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1 posted on 09/18/2001 12:07:59 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Saint John's Episcopal Church was not among the pacifists.
2 posted on 09/18/2001 12:15:36 AM PDT by supercat
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to clarify: Saint John's of Naperville.
3 posted on 09/18/2001 12:16:01 AM PDT by supercat
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...Naperville IL that is. I think I'm too tired and need to go to bed. Good night.
4 posted on 09/18/2001 12:16:29 AM PDT by supercat
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To: kattracks
93.3% of participants on a ministers forum responded YES to the question: Nuke the Terrorist's Homeland"? That's roughly 9 out of 10!

YES 84 (93.3%)
NO 6 (6.7%)

5 posted on 09/18/2001 12:21:09 AM PDT by TERMINATTOR
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To: kattracks
Sure, this is a holy war.

Muslims will as soon as they can destroy artifacts of Christianity in Israel, just as they did those Buddhist statues several months ago.

They are really obvious about what they do, and they really try do what they say they are going to do.

The numb-nuts liberals and US government are the only parties here who are still in doubt about this being a Holy War.

Or, maybe they are on the side of the satanist-muslims.

6 posted on 09/18/2001 6:38:55 AM PDT by caddie
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To: kattracks
Every Christian wants peace. It's just that some of us want it afterwards.
7 posted on 09/18/2001 6:43:56 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: kattracks
Today, Christian thinkers mostly lean to pacifism

This makes no sense in my experience. We are commanded to be good soldiers and to execute justice.

liberal mainline Protestant leaders

Oh. Now I see, the author was confusing liberal protestants with Christians. (note: If they don't follow the Bible then they aren't Christian. Therefore any organization that condones homosexuality or abortion for example, is not a Christian organization)

God Save America (Please)

8 posted on 09/18/2001 7:54:50 AM PDT by John O
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To: kattracks
Up until World War II, the "peace churches" such as Mennonites, Quakers and Brethren had stood alone for a doctrinaire pacifism. However, liberal mainline Protestant leaders today sound increasingly as nonbelligerent as the older pacifist churches, said Douglas Jacobsen, a church historian at Messiah College in Pennsylvania.

Traditional "peace churches" were and are just that. Liberal mainline types are political pacifists (aka "revolutionary defeatists" as some (non-religious) leftists described themselves during WWII).

9 posted on 09/18/2001 8:36:02 AM PDT by Salman
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