Is the War in Iraq a Just War or a Prelude to Judgment?
Editor's Note…
The following two articles
demonstrate the division within the Evangelical
Church regarding the current war in
Iraq. And
though the writers clearly disagree on the legitimacy of the war, the
MetroVoice believes that each position needs to be heard.
In any treatment of topics
regarding our government and society, and in this case the war in Iraq,
the MV has tried to avoid several errors: 1) A blind patriotism that assumes
any U.S. governmental
action is legitimate simply because it is our government – easily known as the
“My country right or wrong” attitude. 2) A moral equivalency that blurs the
moral distinctions between nations and cultures and thus tacitly assumes that
any form of retaliation or war is illegitimate. This is the “My country is
really the guilty party” attitude. 3) A cultural pessimism that expects failure
and defeat in both wartime and peace time because that is God’s end-time plan. This sentiment expresses itself in the apathetic sigh, “Why
polish the brass on a sinking ship?” 4) An intellectual hubris or gnosticism
that assumes to possess knowledge without facts and to utter opinions as though
they were well established dogmas. Challenge a Gnostic for hard evidence, and
he says, “How dare you question my integrity?”
Regardless of your position on the
war, the MetroVoice urges all of our readers to remember that real men and
women are suffering and dying for what they believe is right. That is called courage and honor – whether
you agree with the war or not. Please
pray for all those in danger, the families of those who have died, and for a
quick resolution to this conflict.
May God have mercy on us all.