Who would Jesus shoot?

It all went wrong with St Augustine and his theory of the just war.

Mind you, every time I think that, I then think "But what about Hitler? Would it REALLY have been the Christian thing to do to offer no more than passive resistance to that degree of evil?"

And I get all confused and decide to think about something else

Posted By: Old Git on December 10th 2007 at 11:44:52

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"... before being shot dead by a church security guard" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 10, 11:05:26
- Church security guards (General Chat) - John in Texas, Dec 10, 12:25:54
- Who would Jesus shoot? (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 10, 11:44:52
  - Graham (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 10, 12:03:04
  - What I want to know is, given that "thou shalt not kill" is clearly not absolute... (General Chat) - Poomers Gorn Hoiper, Dec 10, 11:51:54
    - There are many ignoring "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house" as well (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 10, 11:56:24
    - Augustine formulated the theological idea of the "just war" (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 10, 11:56:23
      - Marilyn Manson says it's OK to shag someone else the night (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 10, 12:19:19
        
        ...that theory works for me... (n/m) (General Chat) - Poomers Gorn Hoiper, Dec 10, 12:24:08
        
        haha - you should have had a frank discussion about frotage (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 10, 12:30:00
        
        Wrong place (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 10, 12:34:10
        
        Incidently - I note my mate's dad's wall is rebuilt. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 10, 12:38:08
        
        Yes, with nice modern bricks spoiling his victorian wall (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 10, 12:41:59
        
        Yes, I rather thought it might not be that quick to sort the car out. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 10, 12:43:31
        
        We arrived at Mother's house on Friday night, just in time for The Tudors on BBC2 (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 10, 12:23:53
        
        "Pollock and chips", never had that (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 10, 12:32:05
        
        It's alright for a reasonably dull white fish. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 10, 12:35:32
      - what about "just william" ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 10, 11:56:42
  - Hitler wouldn't have had any power if the yanks weren't pouring money into Germany (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 10, 11:50:23
- America - A really good idea which got out of hand (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 10, 11:19:01
  - if we'd won the American War of Independence (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 10, 11:20:00
    - We did ! (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Dec 10, 12:23:30
      - I emailed you the week before last - your Ippo DVD is ready. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 10, 12:24:57
        
        great thanks for that. I can't remember seeing the email though (General Chat) - John in Texas, Dec 10, 12:26:58
        
        try this one (General Chat) - John in Texas, Dec 10, 12:28:51
- Kill everybody. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Dec 10, 11:09:25
- "Pouch that piece, Padre" (n/m) (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Dec 10, 11:07:47
- Like the Swiss Guard ? (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 10, 11:07:16
  - Thou Shalt Not Kill! (General Chat) - Poomers Gorn Hoiper, Dec 10, 11:09:10
    - Would be really embarrassing to be shot by (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 10, 11:16:29

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