tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post6286708447506659230..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: Lament for a Lost Friend: Gary LewisDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-54685034212881055402009-02-13T10:00:00.000-07:002009-02-13T10:00:00.000-07:00Yeah, that's insane. But mutual nuclear disarmamen...Yeah, that's insane. But mutual nuclear disarmament is not. Even for the just war proponent.<BR/><BR/>Although, one wonders how insane it is to rely on God for protection rather than our own autonomous means. That's what I struggle with anyway.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600780136429792975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-8776302343668684022009-02-13T08:05:00.000-07:002009-02-13T08:05:00.000-07:00Unilateral surrender to a totalitarian regime is i...Unilateral surrender to a totalitarian regime is insane. It gives in to evil in a fallen world.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-14620572357844650262009-02-12T11:45:00.000-07:002009-02-12T11:45:00.000-07:00Nuclear disarmament isn't insanity when the purpos...Nuclear disarmament isn't insanity when the purpose (or at the least, effect) of nuclear bombs are to kill in mass, primarily civilians.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600780136429792975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-46979765362236699492009-02-11T08:17:00.000-07:002009-02-11T08:17:00.000-07:00PS: At the height of the cold war, Ron Sider wrote...PS: At the height of the cold war, Ron Sider wrote a book saying we should surrender to the Soviets by unilaterally disarming. Jim Wallis preached the same thing. Gladly, no one heeded their ideologically insanity.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-15660435855171079812009-02-10T15:54:00.000-07:002009-02-10T15:54:00.000-07:00I was speaking of politically liberal. One may be ...I was speaking of politically liberal. One may be conservative theologically and interpret biblical ethics to require pacifism, as does Ron Sider.Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-72246955784608862812009-02-10T10:49:00.000-07:002009-02-10T10:49:00.000-07:00www.peoplesearch.com I hear is good, for a small f...www.peoplesearch.com I hear is good, for a small fee. <BR/><BR/>Not to get into it if you don't want to but I don't see how being pacifist is necessarily a more liberal position than just war. At least if we're talking conservative vs. liberal theology, I think both positions can be argued as conservative and orthodox. If we're using political vocabulary I would want to see statistics on how many Christians who are pacifist are democrats and how many Christians who are just war are republican. And then I would want to ask whether these people are more influenced on that view by their Christianity or by their politics.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600780136429792975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-44673928686648841292009-02-10T08:46:00.000-07:002009-02-10T08:46:00.000-07:00Professor G,Have you tried ZabaSearch?Also, your l...Professor G,<BR/><BR/>Have you tried <A HREF="http://www.zabasearch.com" REL="nofollow">ZabaSearch</A>?<BR/><BR/>Also, your local public library should have a subscription to a tool called ReferenceUSA, which may help.Brian Smith McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730613399167930944noreply@blogger.com