tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post4192683967674189767..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Death in VictoryGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-89787806870233855752009-07-24T07:06:41.657+01:002009-07-24T07:06:41.657+01:00Heather: I didn't think you sounded anything ...Heather: I didn't think you sounded anything that you shouldn't have sounded in your comment. I just think that I hadn't adequately explained what I meant. <br /><br />And yes I do understand how you feel about war.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-48995183786125418432009-07-24T03:55:04.809+01:002009-07-24T03:55:04.809+01:00So true, GB that there are no real "winners&q...So true, GB that there are no real "winners" in war. I, too wonder why we resort to it time and agin. It seems so ridiculous, throwing the baby out with the bath water...burning down the house to get rid of a flea....Deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171030223413480117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19560405468728182142009-07-24T01:02:09.997+01:002009-07-24T01:02:09.997+01:00Yup...you're right :) - after re-reading my co...Yup...you're right :) - after re-reading my comment and yours, and the post itself. Really though, I wasn't meaning to sound as I did in that comment I made. <br /><br />You know my heart, GB...and most surely how I feel about war. I will say though, that what is was before and will be again until the day it all ends and we find truth in freedom :)<br /><br /><br /><br />NOW - with all of that said....I like this post, GB. I've read something in it that enabled me to see His Spirit is moving within you :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693495698843336789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-63925545506336217752009-07-23T21:48:17.755+01:002009-07-23T21:48:17.755+01:00Hmmmm...very interesting "not" debate yo...Hmmmm...very interesting "not" debate you have going on here.<br />;^)<br />One I do NOT have the answers to.<br /><br />Nevertheless...I DO know how you feel about the atmosphere of some churches. I remember visiting the one in Yorkshire, England, that has the largest stained glass window in the world...AND the Roman ruins underneath the building...I could literally FEEL the history.<br />Also, after I lost my home church in the d.i.v.o.r.c.e. settlement....<br />:^)<br />;^-<br />....I wanted to experience something at the opposite end of the pendulum swing. So, I would slip into the last row at the Catholic church. I instantly felt such an overwhelming sense of peace that was amazing. I loved the ritual and the orderliness of it all. It was soothing.<br />I have many others...I could write a book. <br />;^)Cynthia L. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13626090956828108370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-44450001869390306642009-07-23T18:36:04.345+01:002009-07-23T18:36:04.345+01:00Do you not feel, Hather, that every leader has use...Do you not feel, Hather, that every leader has used a god (or in many cases in times gone by, many gods) to further his cause in war. The pride and selfishness which may be a fector in leading men to war may make them ungodly but may not stop them believeing in a god nor using the name of God.<br /><br />Like you I am not one to debate the issue but the point I was trying to make was that whilst many may follow Allah as the one True God those who, for example, fought in the First and Second World Wars were often of the same religion (principally Roman Catholicism) calling on the God of that religion to defend their true cause.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-82667858696019455342009-07-23T12:21:24.035+01:002009-07-23T12:21:24.035+01:00"And every nation goes to war with its God on..."And every nation goes to war with its God on its side; often the very same God."<br /><br />The very same God loves us all, but are all with the very same God? I think not.<br /><br />Looking through all of the Biblical history, God was not leading both sides into battle. I am not a debator, but I believe that all are not following the One True God, GB; many are following some of God's leading, with their personal and selfish ambitions mixed in.<br /><br />It is diffifult to see, feel and know that war exists; but selfishness often rules in the human heart, pride leads the mind and just as I've said in some notes...not all have true understanding :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04693495698843336789noreply@blogger.com