[Peace-discuss] Christianity and War - Laurence Vance

[Randall Cotton]

This is a presentation of rather stunning radical clarity, particularly
toward the end. If you have the time to spare (one hour), I'm certain
nearly all AWARE folks will derive from it something they regard as new,
challenging and valuable.

R

This is actually quite stunning in its
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: I just tonight "discovered" anti-war libertarian Christian author
: Laurence M. Vance ---
: I think that many of you will enjoy hearing or reading Vance,
: particularly those of you are professing Christians,
: and those of you who are not, or have aught against Christians,
: Republicans, Bushites, hypocrites, etc.
:
: I certainly enjoyed hearing and reading him.
: He is a von Mises scholar and is logical and very direct.
:
: I have posted video, audio and text links to Vance at my blog.
:
: http://www.liberty4urbana.com/drupal-6.8/node/42
:
: I believe that both the video and the audio are worth hearing.
:
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:  From Vance interview with Angela Wittman of
ChristianLibertyParty.com----
:
: Q:  Please give us a brief introduction of your latest book Christianity
: and War and Other Essays Against the Warfare State .
:
: Dr. Vance: My book contains seventy-nine essays, organized under the
: headings of Christianity and War,
: War and Peace, The Military, Christianity and the Military, The Iraq
War,
: Other Wars, and The U.S. Global Empire. The essays span the four-year
: period from late 2003 to late 2007.
:
: Although many of them reference contemporary events, the principles
: discussed in all of them are timeless: war, militarism, empire,
: interventionism, the warfare state, and the Christian attitude toward
: these things. ... These essays have one underlying theme: opposition to
: the warfare state that robs us of our liberty, our money, and in some
: cases our life.
:
: *There is nothing "Christian" about the state's aggressive militarism,
: its senseless wars, its interventions into the affairs of other
: countries, and its expanding empire. Although war is a subject that
: needlessly divides and sidetracks Christians. It is my contention that
: Christian enthusiasm for the state, its wars, and its politicians is an
: affront to the Saviour, contrary to Scripture, and a demonstration of
: the profound ignorance many Christians have of history and their own
Bible.*
:
: Q:  Do you agree that when discussing the issue of war with others we
: should frame the debate in terms of God's ideas rather than man's?
:
: Dr. Vance: When discussing the issue of war with religious people the
: answer is unequivocally yes. What man thinks about war is completely
: irrelevant. However, some Christians are so blinded by the Republican
: Party, the conservative movement, government propaganda, and the
: military that they reject the clear teaching of Scripture. The case
: against war and militarism must often be presented to these Christians
: like it would to the irreligious that reject the authority of Scripture.
:
: ***
: I think that many of you will enjoy hearing or reading Vance.
: I certainly enjoyed hearing and reading him.  He is very direct.
: I have posted video, audio and text links to Vance at my blog.
:
: Vance discusses Christianity and War...
: <http://www.liberty4urbana.com/drupal-6.8/node/42>
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