2007-04-16 06:06:14 · 15 answers · asked by SukaR 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is what happens when we put a weapon in the hands of a young person and give them a license to do harm.
Spend a day or two in this forum and you will see examples of the level of maturity exhibited by some (not all) young persons.
How can we expect otherwise from some of our youth who are expected to defend our freedoms?
I was seventeen when I went to the Vietnam war. Can you imagine what that situation was like for someone so young, immature, and inexperienced? Fortunately, I was a Christian by that time, so I had some beliefs that restrained my youthful arrogance. Nevertheless, I remain ashamed of some of my and others' actions in that conflict.
Pray that our young people will be given the grace to act properly in such situations.
2007-04-16 06:15:45 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atrocities are atrocities. Their actions are a violation of the rules of wars and the orders they received. Those it is the fault of the GIs committing the actions, and not the fault of the armed services nor the government which bans such actions and punishes those who committ them.
It is called "sin". Christians are against sin at any time, including theose commitedd by GIs in times of war.
2007-04-16 13:13:24 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all atrocities are unacceptable, why pick on a particular GI? The whole reason the US went into Iraq is becuase of atrocities and ever since then, they have continued.
2007-04-16 13:10:15 · answer #3 · answered by IKB 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Miriam...it's not just men over there serving. I did my time too. So did my mother, and mother-in-law.
I think there is some honor in what is being done, but they are going about it the wrong way and the troops really need to come home. We need to fight in a different way. Securing our borders, infiltrating "sleeper" cells, manning our own ports, and sending anyone even remotely affiliated with any radical Islam on a one-way trip on the next thing smoking towards Saudi.
Furthermore, we need to make nice with Argentina so we can get more oil from them, and I think more drilling in the oceans and Antarctica can get us less dependent on oil from these scumbags who think they have the US (and the rest of the world) by the balls.
2007-04-16 13:25:27 · answer #4 · answered by toedechameau 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian and a veteran of the United States Navy it bothers me quite a bit when some of my brothers forget what we should be representing in the world
2007-04-16 13:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the same as I feel about "atrocities" committed by anyone anywhere - in complete disagreement with their actions.
of course, the real thing is the definition of "atrocity", isn't it?
2007-04-16 13:09:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians believe all atrocities are bad. We do believe that war is necessary some times.
2007-04-16 13:09:44 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Render unto Cesar those thing which are Cesar's and render unto God those things which are God's. Thou Shall not kill, or be angry with thy brother without a cause.
And the soldiers ask what shall we do ? Do violence to no man. Thou shall lay down his life for his friends.
I was a soldier in Viet-Nam, it was my JOB to kill, it was my duty, then I found God. Seek ye the kingdom of heaven, first.
2007-04-16 13:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You always have a bad apple in a basket, But stop & think, Who started this war, we did NOT, They did, We lost 3000 of our innocent people, man, woman, & child in 9/11 or did you forget that.
2007-04-16 13:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Want to compare atrocities with atrocities?
2007-04-16 13:09:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋