The Problem of Proportionality: A Response to Adil Haque
Whether the magnitude of State responses to terror is ethical and wise goes beyond determinations of legal compliance.
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Whether the magnitude of State responses to terror is ethical and wise goes beyond determinations of legal compliance.
“This line of thinking derives from the pit of Hell. This is Devil-speak. If you want to shout that the Antichrist is coming, I will tell you that He is here and that he is the one who is behind such utter nonsense. To see war and to not only fail to demand peace (which is precisely what Jesus demands of us), but to rejoice because we are somehow seeing the “signs of the times” fulfilled before our eyes is the epitome of satanic thinking.
Are you appalled at the violence and war in today’s world? In recent times we have seen the endless devastation in Ukraine by Russia and now the horrors in Israel
REGISTER ROUNDTABLE: V. Bradley Lewis, Daniel Philpott and R.R. Reno Assess How Church Teaching Applies to the Crisis in the Holy Land
Many Christian responses to the Israel-Hamas conflict lean on just war theory. It’s well intentioned—but deeply flawed.