Comments on: Ahistory

By: The College Widow

The College Widow — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:08:36 +0000

No worries, Fr. Ron. Your snark was funny to me and the intent was understood. Good to see you around Threedonia.

By: Fr. Ron

Fr. Ron — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:15:16 +0000

@Steph: The best I can say is that beating up on each other to get our way has been around since Cain and Abel, and it won’t come to an end until The End, unfortunately. War will always be with us. That’s probably why the Catholic Church came up with the Just War Doctrine. Does that make war right? No more than disease and poverty are right. But it is all part of the sin of this world. I myself am hardly a pacifist, and fighting against a belligerent is a necessary evil.
@Republibot: All I am stating is a snark at Obama once again teaching us from on high, and talking through his hat, as is his wont. Sorry for any offense, but unless you are an Obama-worshipper, I don’t even know how I offended….

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:14:01 +0000

Man, if I was uncomfortable with them saying God was Republican on the other thread, I’m even vastly more uncomfortable when Fr. Ron pulls stuff like that.

Offended twice in one day on Threedonia. Didn’t see that coming…

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:27:21 +0000

Father Ron that is awesome.

Is it wrong of me to feel that I really don’t care about war in general? Its well if we look at history natural human condition…so whose chasing the rabbit down the hole?

By: Kit

Kit — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:08:28 +0000

Fr. Ron,

Doubleplusgood!

By: Fr. Ron

Fr. Ron — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:03:09 +0000

I thought this was obvious: In the the beginning was the Obama, and the Obama was with God, and the Obama was God. He was in the beginning with God. (John 1:1&2, The New World Order Translation.)

By: JimmyC

JimmyC — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:00:38 +0000

Why would Obama read the Bible, Eric? He’s not one of those bitter Bible-clingers.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:02:54 +0000

And before all that the Books of Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Joshua, Samuels, Kings,and Chronicles are replete with moral statements on wars of conquest, etc. As usual the Jews beat the Greeks by a few centuries (of course Homer was probably around the time of King David)

By: Republibot 3.0

Republibot 3.0 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:46:39 +0000

Nature is red in tooth and claw, and war is very much a part of that. If a beta male takes out the alpha male in a wolf pack or a lion’s pride, then it kills off its competition and its comeptition’s offspring, it gets more food, and it gets to breed, thus propagating its own genes.

If a country fights a war and wins, it either survives as an entity, allowing it to continue ‘living’ or it defeats an opponent, allowing it to take that opponent’s lands and resources, thereby (A) propogating the victorious country’s views and (B) improving the standard of living in their own country to some degree.

If we assume culture and language are the DNA of a country, then England is surely the most successful country in history as it at one point or antoher controled 1/4th of the world’s land surface, and spread its culture and language everywhere. Now those cultures are speciating, becoming new things.

This is basic evolution. It seems odd to me that someone who believes in biological evolution as I know Obama does would neglect to consider that violent conflict is an inherent part of evolution.

Whacky!

By: Kenn Christenson

Kenn Christenson — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:21:14 +0000

Oh, yeah, right. Silly me forgetting we were standing in the way of the Communist utopia. Bad U.S.A! Bad, Bad, Bad!