The way of peace in the Middle East March 10, 2007
Posted by Alien Drums in Jesus, Military, Peace, Politics.Tags: Middle East
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I’m not an expert and am only informed at the popular media level, but I think the United States will never be “successful” in the Middle East as long as we continue to pursue military solutions to the problems there. With the military, we solve one problem and create others — more difficult and more intransigent.
As with just about everything else in life it seems Jesus has an answer. N.T. Wright captures this well. Wright helps us see that Jesus, in talking about the kingdom of God, was primarily talking about the here and now, not the hereafter.
“… [J]udgment would come, not as an arbitrary ‘punishment’ by God for Israel’s failure to obey some general moral standards but as the inevitable result … of Isreal’s choosing the way of violence, the way of resistance, rather than following in the way Jesus himself had grasped and articulated in his own life and message. If they would not follow the way of peace, they would reap the consequences,” Wright says. (The Challenge of Jesus, pp. 49-50, IVP Academic)
Many Israelites in Jesus’ day thought the way to overthrow Roman rule and restore their national pride was to fight the Romans’ at their own game. Jesus had another way. Just imagine, what if the Israel of Jesus’ day had followed Jesus’ example. History would be very different. As it was, they didn’t and their temple and their national hopes were destroyed within about 30 years.
In the history of the world war has never solved any conflict. So why continue to wage war?
Could it be to make more and more money for the weapon Manufactures, Halibertin,Ect
I notice that the President and Vice president did not rush to war when they had the opportunity
But will gladly let 18 & 19 year olds go and die for them.May the God they profess to beleive in forgive them.
Patrick, there is no doubt that money drives war support with many influential people, but most people who support this war think in genuinely is the best response to the situation. We cannot change the money interests, but we can change the general conception that war is seldom the best answer to violence. Thanks for writing.
Hi Alien Drums,
If you want to know more about the obvious (but unspoken) intricacies in Iran/US relations, drop by my place:
http://iranfacts.blogspot.com.
I am an Iranian, and I hate the guts of Iranian government, but the more I think, read, write about it, I see it is the US and the capitalist agenda (camufalged as a zionist agenda) that is responsible for all the pain and suffering of both the American people and the Middle Easterners.
The link didn’t work, Neoresistance.