tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post4481228337070717294..comments2024-01-03T02:41:53.594-09:00Comments on Patriot's Lament: Just War theoryJoshua Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314841330994831499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post-10295660639574886162012-03-11T23:15:46.695-08:002012-03-11T23:15:46.695-08:00No, sorry, bad choice of wording on my part. I ag...No, sorry, bad choice of wording on my part. I agree with the piece as it relates to the current situation.<br /><br />What I meant by my "exquisitely-worded" <i>"This neo-colonial crap doesn't come close."</i> statement is that the recent American string of neo-colonial wars (ie- the aforementioned "crap") do not come close to being justifiable under the just war doctrine (or any other, IMO).<br /><br />I'm completely with you on this one.<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post-70726357213836848872012-03-11T22:50:36.843-08:002012-03-11T22:50:36.843-08:00Are you saying this article was neo-colonial? I do...Are you saying this article was neo-colonial? I don't understand.<br />I do agree that it can be taken to make a case(just war theory) for any side when distorted.<br />But I think the distortion is taken out if you go by the principle of not “doing evil that good may come” (as the Apostle Paul put it in Romans chapter 3)."Joshua Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314841330994831499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post-64312012572028638892012-03-11T21:25:56.136-08:002012-03-11T21:25:56.136-08:00Further, from a strictly Christian perspective, I ...Further, from a strictly Christian perspective, I find it nearly impossible to justify a believer's participation in any war that is not overtly about a nation's real, honest-to-goodness survival.<br /><br />This neo-colonial crap doesn't come close.<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5025487935285383656.post-1634580777340756842012-03-11T21:24:27.175-08:002012-03-11T21:24:27.175-08:00During my Christian pacifist days, I examined the ...During my Christian pacifist days, I examined the "Just War" doctrine from a few angles.<br /><br />Like scripture, it can be (and is) distorted to meet the purpose-of-the-moment. <br /><br />Either side in a Christian-on-Christian war (there you go, kill your brother in Christ foe a <i>fresking nation-state</i>...brilliant) can -and have- use this doctrine to claim justice and "God-is-on-our-side".<br /><br />Nothing like shedding your brothers' blood while feeling warm and fuzzy about it.<br /><br />APAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com