tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post1979496849826782020..comments2023-10-31T02:02:10.136-07:00Comments on Immodest Proposals: Thou Shalt Completely Misinterpret the Old TestamentXWLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17320859.post-92219260110085601822007-10-08T08:53:00.000-07:002007-10-08T08:53:00.000-07:00Good points, all, and I'm with you. A good number ...Good points, all, and I'm with you. A good number of our congregation are veterans or on active duty (a few are overseas right now). I applaud their service. But I am concerned about this statement: "It’s just fun blowing people up."<BR/><BR/>That's what makes me ambivalent about games like Halo. I know it's just pixels and fantasy. And I appreciate the context of a defensive war against invading aliens. <BR/><BR/>My perspective is that Christians can legitimately use deadly force in defense of innocent life, but that is done regretfully and with humility. Our motives are never totally pure and our cause is never sinless. Judgment ultimately belongs to God. So we take life when absolutely necessary, with gratitude that God has spared us and our loved ones, but not with joy. And I am concerned about connecting death with pleasure. We shouldn't kill for fun, but only out of necessity.P_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130988618277500381noreply@blogger.com