As I was driving today, I got behind this plumber's van (Joe the plumber?) and read his bumper sticker, which said "To Hell with our enemies. God Bless America!"
I could go into politics and the wars we're fighting and rail about this mindset that is mostly contained in (but does not fairly represent) the Republican party. However, I'd rather just address this mindset within Christendom.
I would consider this bumper sticker to be one end of an extreme. The book I'm currently reading offers the opposite extreme, stating that violence is never redemptive, and in fact only provokes a cycle of violence. It takes quite literally Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount.
I am repulsed by the bumper sticker and all those that offer up this hate in the name of my Savior. But the other extreme leaves me intrigued, afraid, inspired. What do you think?
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