Posted by: DanutM | 2 February 2010

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

Alex Nadaban has published on his blog a very interesting article written a few years ago by Josh Andersen, about the strange connection between American missionary strategy and American militaristic ambitions, or what one of the sources quoted calls ‘an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles’. Quite selfless, isn’t it?

Here is a short fragment:

Many evangelical churches are not only launching bases from which missionaries are sent to the far reaches of the globe, but also wellsprings of support for George W. Bush’s foreign policy. It is out of these same communities of Christians that an aggressive political vision has begun to ride shotgun with a pre-existing commitment to reach the nations with the gospel.

Are White House speeches—and, worse, many worshipers in American pews—confusing the advance of God’s kingdom through missions with the advance of American hegemony through the military?

Read the whole article HERE.

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Responses

  1. Urmareste acest film si roaga te ca toti criminalii de razboi sa se pocaiasca si sa recunoasca public atrocitatiile facute. Acestia sunt inca in viata azi, au functii si pozitii, medalii si onoruri.

    Urmareste aici realitatea comunista si nazista.
    http://nazireat4him.blogspot.com/2010/02/soviet-story.html


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