Are you an American first and a Christian second?

Question

What do you think about blowing Iraq to smithereens? What about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 1

In the United States, we change our religious paths more frequently than we do our native countries, for one's beliefs derive from one's state of consciousness, something which in essence derives from the God worlds and which the individual carries for the betterment of him- or herself and in turn for the betterment of all. Land by definition and comparison solely consists of a static inertia, so what you are addressing here must be the thoughts of an individual and by multiplication, the collective body of thoughts that constitute a nation.

We change, and so do our beliefs, for Life is dynamic and nothing 'truly' stays the inactivities in Life quite readily as that of growth and expansion -- movement is the very edict of Life. Do you see?

Thereto, one does not resolve to false arguments against or for one's nation or religion (or spiritual path): truth seeks always the common denominator in a thing, not the least, which bias is where your question centers.

This point aside, your lead question here mixes apples with oranges. Yours is a leap, for you do not provide for the observer, the thinker, ay, the feeler or the reader here just how you get from the first inquiry here to that of the second two.

Now, something much, much greater and deeper constitutes the common denominator that both nationhood and religion have in common, and it is this commonality that we must think and act and feel from. For this is circumspect and is not susceptible to the likes of pure mercury, ever upward and downward, nor is it volatile or unstable like that of pure oxygen; much less does it consist of living life without feeling, without concern for the lives of others.

My question here to you is, What do you think about blowing someone to smithereens?: What do you think about mass murder?... For this is the essence of your question, with which one must follow by asking, What do you think about someone murdering you?

Do you see? -- your answer should be obvious here, yes?

There is a steady-state in the process of growth and is in great measure considerably precise, both in velocity and intention. It does not fall to erratic behaviors but rather prefers the way of healthy expansion and will follow with this habit provided that we allow it to proceed by its own Natural accord.

Much less does it involve destroying another, whether an individual or a nation, nor pervert and threathen the very fabric of consciousness of any country's existence without destroying one's own individualism and sense of nation.

Your question is in short a fallacy, my friend, a dichotomy that offers no solution -- and such as that is not Life. Life is replete with dichotomy for the sole purpose of showing us there exists a solution to anything, which evidences to us either at once or over time, but the solution exists. Yours, on the other hand, poses the dilemma of despots and tyrants. To realize that there may be no solution is in fact a solution, for such an enlightenment affords Life and all Nature to resolve all: the Minds of men and women bear few surprises and offer little control.

Careful your thoughts, my friend, lest they become actions...

Answer 2

First, I think you typed this question without fully thinking if through. Your "hatred" towards Iraq is the same hatred they feel towards us. So think about it, what does Iraq think about blowing the U.S. "to smithereens." Secondly, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were such horrible events the effects of which are still felt today in those regions. It never should have occured.

I would advise you to read about Iraq from bbc.com or other news affiliates who are much more unbiased than the American news sources.

Answer 3

~I have no choice about being an American - that was an accident of birth. I do have a choice about being a christian. Not second, not third, not fourth - not at all. Sanity, logic and reason prevail.
According to the right wing fundamentalist christians, blowing Iraq to smithereens would be the proper way to "Love thy neighbor as thyself" - which says all that needs be said about christian logic and consistency (hypocrisy?)
Had Japan won the war, Harry Truman would have been tried for war crimes for Fat Man and Little Boy. As it stands, the only nation on earth barbaric enough to have used atomics is the Great Uncle, that arbiter of peace, human rights and the forcible imposition of democracy.
Kill for peace, turn the planet into a glass cinder, and make it safe for the cockroaches, I say. May Goobleskeera bless you.

Answer 4

[Unfortunately] I am an American "first" and not a Christian at all. I believe the Iraq war is pointless and a bitter move by our President because of his own personal conflicts with the country and its leader. Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a controversial topic that I really have no stance on.

Answer 5

No doubt America is great. And everybody likes to be on the winning team (go USA). But nobody likes the winner. Its fun to hate the winner. Everybody needs a bad guy even America. If its not terrorism, Communism or evildoers we're battling, then what? Our own social problem perhaps? ha! Not likely. Christians are the same way. No1, and to involved in the faults of others to notice faults in them selves. Americans and Christians are one in the same. God bless America.

Answer 6

God comes first. You can blow yourself to bits if you want to and everyone else..., but thats not Christianity at least not in the pure sense of the word (Christianity meaning Christ-like). And if you ever read the Bible, you would know Christ Jesus never killed anyone, nor did he have his disciples to hurt, harm, maim or kill.

There are however, those who claim to be Christians and are not. Its all of too easy for someone to do something violent and swear on his mother's grave he or she is a Christian. Saying it and being it are two different, Its.

Answer 7

American, as much as I hate to admit it. The USA was intended to be a secular nation, hence the first amendment. Quite a few of the founders detested Christians.


The person that asked the question gives you a fine example of some Americans.

Answer 8

I'm an American and NOT a Christian. And I think obliterating anyone who pisses off our president is evil and unproductive and makes us a schoolyard bully on a much higher scale. And large scale bombs (as evidenced by Hiroshima and Nagasaki) create long term health issues, even for children who haven't even been conceived yet.

Very unacceptable plan.

Answer 9

I am human. I don't like the idea of blowing any body up, but in ww2 it was some what necessary. They said that an invasion of main land japan would be to costly. In life and capital.

Answer 10

Hiroshima and Nagasaki actually saved lives.