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here we have your basic problem

tho shalt not kill....note it doesn't say thou shalt not kill except when it's a matter of national security it just says thou shalt not kill..oh well lets ignore that one for the time being...as it complicates everything enourmously..

then there's he who lives by the sword will die by it..

both stock roll out the barrel doctrinal bed rock

the problem is that it is impossible to reconcile the issues...

hence the BS

there ARE ways round the contradictions..and there-by hangs the tale...by the time you have finshed reshaping your beliefs to fit the need for military force...you may as well just admit that God is great (ahem) but pass the ammunition..because somehow you just don't quite think God is going to fight your battles for you...or protect you from harm...(that difficult FAITH thing again)...or perhaps that God helps those who help themselves..and it all starts to get very ambigious...very inconvient...so "best" fit God to the political situation and needs... not fit the political situation needs to God...which is where we came in....completely arse about tip...did God do this ..did God do that..or did God do the other...?? or did we do it?? God as scape-goat or excuse? getting sordid...turn the other cheek? walk the extra mile??? eyes of needles?? where on earth do you store all these things whilst pulling the trigger? one wonders
and isn't the point that your not supposed to store these things anywhere in order to pull the trigger..but rather simply NOT pull the trigger in spite of all the consequences of doing such a heinous act? or cowardice?? of faith??? of what and in whose name...ah it goes ever on..don't you know...and it bears thinking about especailly when it does not bear thinking about...because that's the time your meant to be thinking about it...etc....no answers there at all.. none what so ever..out side of faith courage conviction and truth...and life gets complex when it takes courage to be viewed as a coward..traitor..now then ...