News today of a foiled terrorist attack against U.S. and U.K. civilian targets reminds us of the horror we all felt on 9/11. How can these Islamic terrorists be so evil? Evil is simply what they are. How can people do such violence in the name of God?
Somewhere over 40,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq by U.S. forces and insurgents. Conservative evangelicals, particularly those serving as U.S. military chaplains (along with the president), have been quick to invoke God as their guide in such killing. I'm a Christian - one who has dedicated his life to spreading the Gospel message - and I don't recognize the God they speak of. Do you?
The Iraqi insurgents are just as bad. They target civilians - in the name of Allah - for death. War criminals abound.
Around 1,000 civilians have now been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon and Hezbollah continues to rain down rockets on Israel.
It is tough to be a civilian when so many Christians, Jews and Muslims have joined together in an unholy alliance in which God has been replaced with the idolatrous worship of weapons and power. Madness has infested our souls. Lord have mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
- Matthew 5:9 (NRSV)
