tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27780484.post2985871060244702317..comments2023-11-05T02:41:35.370-05:00Comments on Drick Boyd's Blog: How Does the Peace Movement Respond to the Russian Invasion?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09901684217477002872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27780484.post-57481361249652577502008-08-19T15:14:00.000-05:002008-08-19T15:14:00.000-05:00I thought the cold War was over. It looks like it...I thought the cold War was over. It looks like it has just been hibernating. What is amazing to me is that Russia sits on the UN Security Counsel isn’t this the counsel that supposedly keeps international peace. I am wondering would this have happened under President Reagan’s watch or George Bush Sr., or President Clinton. I wonder what ideas they would have about whats happening. <BR/><BR/>You asked in your blog “Any ideas out there?” <BR/><BR/>It is interesting that you bring up the word idea. I heard a minister say that when you translate the Word logos it literally means “IDEA”. For example in the book of John chapter one it says: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.<BR/><BR/>So Jesus was Gods expressed idea and his idea dwelt among us. Many times when we think of Peace making we forget that this is an idea that we have to make real. We have to put flesh on what we call Peace. That is why you will never defeat terrorism unless you challenge the ideal of Islamic radicals with the ideal of Christ love. As Christians we have not meet the challenge of the World to make peace a reality. For years now, right wing conservatives have cornered the market on there brand of Christianity. Many around the world have not seen the expressed ideal of Christ made flesh. What they have heard is that we must defeat the axis of evil. They have heard we will not leave Iraq until victory has been declared. Some have heard that peace is as an ideal of the past and we must kill and destroy all are enemies. Does this sound like Gods best ideal for the world. The sad thing is that we have let this go on for two long. We have allowed war to take the place of peace. As Christians we have wanted Blood for Blood and we are not satisfied until someone is crucified. Forgiveness and reconciliation will continue to be silent as long as Christians are silent. We need a since of urgency right now. We need PEACE right now. We need Christians who are able bodied to enter the world of political chaos and offer another perspective. To quote you “At times like this, I wish we peaceniks of the world were better organized. I wish we had a contingent of people whose mission it was to enter such situations to stand between the warring factions and advocate for reconciliation. Dr. Boyd it will be up to you and person like you to sound the trumpet. We are the ones we’ve been looking for to give the world another IDEAL of how the world can live peaceably. I know you are concerning about going down a military path. However, do we really want to go to war with Russia? The answer is no one reason they have big guns like us. America is facing a country that has weapons that are equal to ours. It is amazing to see how much diplomacy is taken place right now. Here is another reason we don’t want any parts of Russia in a word CHINA. Here is an interesting note another reason why war may not take place is because we are currently inserting missiles in Poland. Coincidence I will let you decide. I am praying for President Bush because God knows he needs it. I know some people will take offence to this but as Christians our biggest failure was not to call him on the carpet when we realize that we had been duped into war. We have given him a pass but it is my since that there is a generation being raised up who don’t mind sharing the ideal of Jesus Christ THE PRINCE OF PEACE. Well any way you asked for some ideas<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sincerly,<BR/><BR/>Victor GimenezVictor Gimenezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09512841389044376552noreply@blogger.com