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jwirr

(39,215 posts)
9. Hell no. Of course I see that. History is one thing but seeing what it does today is easy just
Tue Apr 14, 2015, 08:40 AM
Apr 2015

listen to the rw candidates.

However, I happen to know a bit about the chaplaincy program. One of my family was a chaplin in WWII. Most of them are from the old line churches not the rwers. and they are not out there lobbying for the damned wars. They are there because often the soldiers need someone to talk to. To remind the soldiers that at least for an hour or two they are still human. To serve the soldiers who do want to continue their faith. There are Christian, Jewish and Muslim chaplins.

Unlike the rest of you I believe the real war pushers are politicians, historians, profiteers (MIC) and Hollywood (media). I will add the modern rw churches to that mix. Between their massage of hate and their idiot end times theories war is to them the only alternative. And most Christian do not believe in this shit.

I will also remind you that the rw churches do not preach forgiveness - they preach hate. They would be of no help in the problem they are now calling moral injury. Plus no one forces anyone to go to a chaplin - or at least they did not until W and company - and they should not.

Anyone who thinks that it is the churches that push war is missing the real push. About a month ago there was a post that included a list of nations that build military weapons. I took one look at it and realized that we are never going to be without war. The economy of the world would totally fall apart. Just think for a moment about what our biggest exports are - weapons. Too big to fail.

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