[CS-FSLUG] Re: Consientious Objector

[Aaron Patrick Lehmann]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 01:14:52AM -0500, Stephen McCracken wrote:
> Bradly McConnell wrote:
> 
> >This may seem harsh, but if it's me or them, it will be them.
> 
> This is interesting.  I have talked to some Christians who are opposed 
> to being in the military for this reason.  They feel that they are the 
> most prepared to die. (They are already going to heaven.)  Whiule they 
> can't be sure that the soldier on the other side is prepared to die. 
> They can not accept the thought that they might be responsible for 
> sending someone to hell who, if they had not been killed, might later 
> have a chance at becoming a Christian.
> 
> It was a different viewpoint for me.  What are others' comments on this 
> idea?

Could it not also be said that the other soldier, who may or may not be
Christian, is a danger to my comrade, who also may or may not be Christian?

Aaron Lehmann
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