Jesus and the Pentagon

"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet."


Author: Matthew 24 Verses #: 6

Jesus tells his listeners to not be concerned about wars or even rumors of wars.  He boldly claims that war is necessary for the end of time to come.  Millions of christian americans wake up everyday and hope that they will be raptured, the world will be destroyed by war and Jesus will come back and set up a theocratic world-wide government that will last for 1,000 years while satan is subdued.  At the end of the 1,000 year millenium, the angels will fight it out, at which time god and his armies of angels will win and eternity will be established.  For a believing nation, that clings to the "supposed" words of a palestinian prophet from 2,000 years ago, possession of an earth destroying military empire is strangely comforting.  We have it within out power to fulfill this prophecy  and no one seems troubled.  The peace movement is "dead" or at least nearly silenced as unpatriotic and unbiblical.  God has always approved the killing of tribes outside of the hebrews and christians.  "Love your enemies" does not apply to Iraqi's, Afghani's or Iranians.  It is nearly impossible to convince an american christian to oppose the wars of the past decade and the next decade.  At the very least they consider it a hopeless endeavor to oppose war, and in a larger view, it is not in their best "eternal" interests to do so.
Consequently, the earth is now poised with muslims who are taught that Islam must dominate the planet and the christians who believe that war in the middle east is necessary to usher the "end times".  The children on both sides will suffer a great deal in the next century because of these ancient prophets and their books.  Maybe humans should at least be humane and not create offspring who are destined by the prophets to kill and be killed on behalf of their commands.  Just because a prophet declared divine revelation doesn't mean that he heard from god or was god.   Panda's have stopped breeding in the face of ecosystem stress, should humans do any less when we are poised to destroy the planet?

Violent Biblical Genocide of the Ammonites

"He brought forth the people who were therein, and cut [them] with saws, and with iron picks, and with axes. David did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem."


Author: 1 Chronicles 20 Verses #: 3

This is a description of mass murder and genocide of the Ammonites.  This story about David is repeated twice in the Old Testament.  When one ponders on why America is addicted to war and spends 51% of funds from the treasury on military empire you need look no further than the "good book" that we swear on in all courts of law.  David is described as a "man after God's own heart".  David's reign as King was one of the most violent in the whole of the Old Testament.  Thou shalt not kill did not apply to foreigners and groups of people living in proximity to David's kingdom.  Modern day jews and christians alike hold the biblical view of genocide and military dominance of societies who believe different than they do.  America killed 3 to 4 million Vietnamese without regard to women and children and destroyed whole villages during the Vietnam war without resistance by "the church".  One year after Martin Luther King spoke out against the Vietnam War he was killed.  The church was silent during Vietnam and has been silent during the Iraq war.  Pro-life evangelicals do not grieve for the loss of life within Iraq by our bombs and tanks and guns.  They concern themselves with forcing women to carry, birth and raise children that they do not want and remain in agreement and in support of a violent military agenda.  No doubt, the violence and constant warfare in the Old Testament numb the conscience of believers of Yahweh.