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Subject: Re: Should Christians fight? / Justifiable war
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In article gideon@otago.ac.nz (Gideon King) writes:

>I posted this a couple of weeks ago, and it doesn't seem to have appeared  
>on the newsgroup, and I haven't had a reply from the moderator. We were  
>having intermittent problems with our mail at the time. Please excuse me  
>if you have seen this before...
>
>Should Christians fight?
>
>Last week Alastair posted some questions about fighting, and whether there  
>are such things as "justifiable wars". I have started looking into these  
>things and have jotted down my findings as I go. I haven't answered all  
>his questions yet, and I know what I have here is on a slightly different  
>tack, but possibly I'll be able to get into it more deeply later, and post  
>some more info soon.

May I suggest the book: "Ethics" by Dr. Norm Geisler, of Dallas Theological
Seminary.  In it, he goes over all the arguments pro and con and in-between,
and comes up with a very reasonable answer.  If I have time, and there is
enough interest, I may post his position.

Jon Noring

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