I have all the respect in the world for Corporal Klimkewicz as I myself underwent a conversion experience while serving in the U.S. Navy. I was called to not only confess Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, but also to follow His example. I applied for and was subsequently given Conscientious Objector status.
It’s quite easy to claim that our goverment was founded by God, or that God sanctioned the slaughter of innocents in the Old Testament, and we are thus justified in our current wars of choice, but rarely do any flag-waving patriotic "Christians" dare to ask, let alone answer, the question, "What would Jesus Do?"
What Would Jesus Do in a combat zone? Would Jesus pick up an assault rifle and shoot dead a child of God? Based on the words and actions of Jesus himself, the answer would be, no. No, Jesus would not kill another person. Jesus himself told Peter, "Put away your sword. Those who live by the sword will die by the sword." Jesus was given the opportunity by his zealot followers to lead a violent revolution, but instead he chose to subvert the dominant, violent system through an act of love and nonviolence.
So go out there and kill yourself a terrorist. Drop a bomb on a water treatment plant. Pay your taxes and subsidize nuclear weapons. And late at night, ignore that little voice in the back of your head that asks, "What Would Jesus Do?"
I have all the respect in the world for Corporal Klimkewicz as I myself underwent a conversion experience while serving in the U.S. Navy. I was called to not only confess Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, but also to follow His example. I applied for and was subsequently given Conscientious Objector status.
It’s quite easy to claim that our goverment was founded by God, or that God sanctioned the slaughter of innocents in the Old Testament, and we are thus justified in our current wars of choice, but rarely do any flag-waving patriotic "Christians" dare to ask, let alone answer, the question, "What would Jesus Do?"
What Would Jesus Do in a combat zone? Would Jesus pick up an assault rifle and shoot dead a child of God? Based on the words and actions of Jesus himself, the answer would be, no. No, Jesus would not kill another person. Jesus himself told Peter, "Put away your sword. Those who live by the sword will die by the sword." Jesus was given the opportunity by his zealot followers to lead a violent revolution, but instead he chose to subvert the dominant, violent system through an act of love and nonviolence.
So go out there and kill yourself a terrorist. Drop a bomb on a water treatment plant. Pay your taxes and subsidize nuclear weapons. And late at night, ignore that little voice in the back of your head that asks, "What Would Jesus Do?"