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If This is "Christian Patriotism"....
• by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)That question leads Bob Revere to ponder the
perverse inversion of nature described by Herodotus: “In peace, sons bury their
fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons.” Why is it, as he comments to a friend, that
young men and women are dying overseas, yet “our rights are being taken away,
one by one”? He concludes that the country he loves is descending into tyranny
because “we’re letting it happen.”
This epiphany motivates Bob to take an inventory of his convictions. He had
often pondered the irony that the freedoms he once enjoyed are evaporating
despite “the sacrifices of those who fight for our country.” Now he understands
why James Madison described war as the most dreadful of all enemies of liberty,
and warned that “no nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual
warfare.”
Most importantly to him, Bob suddenly understands that the reflexive
jingoism of many American Christians brings disrepute to the faith they
profess, and the Name of the Lord they revere.
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