War, not sex, is the issue (Charlotte NC)

[struggle4progress]

Posted on Mon, Sep. 06, 2004
Most churches turn blind eye to nation's real moral crisis
RICHARD B. HAYS
Special to the Observer

<snip> Ignoring traditional "just war" criteria, the United States launched a pre-emptive war on Iraq that has killed at least 10,000 Iraqi civilians, more than three times the number of people killed in the tragic 9-11 attacks. Additionally, more than 900 American soldiers have died in Iraq. Thousands more have been wounded and maimed on both sides of the conflict. <snip>

Remarkably, most churches in this country have turned a blind eye to these terrible facts or have remained silent. Instead, it seems all we can do is squabble about sex. <snip>

The Jewish and Christian traditions offer an ancient wisdom about what we must do when we recognize we have wrongly harmed others: It is called repentance. <snip>

Richard B. Hays is the George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. His book "The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation" was selected by Christianity Today as one of the 100 most important religious books of the 20th century. Write him at [e-mail]. <snip>

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/9592648.htm

[BootinUp]

1. Pretty heavy piece, especially in the bible belt. n/t

[Skittles]

2. I am SICK OF IT

a half a million dollar fine for a nipple and NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT DAMN WAR. WTF IS WRONG WITH AMERICA?????