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Date Posted: 15:46:56 03/12/03 Wed
Author: Spock
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Subject: Did anyone catch Larry King last night on CNN?

The topic for a panel discussion was what does the Bible say about war, and what is the Christian position on war, particularly in view of current events with Iraq.

On the panel were three conservative theologians, John MacArthur, Max Lucado, and Bob Jones, as well as two liberal theologians, whose names I didn't recognize nor remember, but one was a Catholic priest, and the other was a Methodist bishop (who, relevant or not, was black).
I don't usually watch Larry King, but found myself admiring him as an impartial moderator particularly on such a hot topic.

It was interesting to hear the liberal theologians give politically "safe," i.e., wishy-washy, answers -- a la, "I believe THIS....unless it makes me look bad, in which case, I'll believe the current popular opinion...until it changes..."

It was also sobering to see the liberal theologians be quick to disagree and undercut the conservatives, and rely on personal or popular opinion instead of answering what the Bible says about these hard questions -- which was the stated topic of the discussion. (Hey guys, it's OK to say the B-word! and mention the J-guy!)

It was interesting to watch the Methodist guy squirm and hem and haw when Larry King asked him point blank if by being a Christian he believed Christianity were right and true. Oh, how controversial it is to admit something like that today. My take is that if you don't believe Christianity is true, why subscribe to it? What's the point? Why especially make it your career? It's disturbing to hear church officials make such statements. PICK ANOTHER CAREER ALREADY! What a dishonest life to lead, to tell people to believe something you don't believe yourself. That's called hypocrisy.

Also, there was the liberals' insistence that conservative Christians are war-mongerers, namely these other guys on the panel and chiefly our President, when in fact the conservative guys were repeatedly stating they were not "for" war, but agreed with it as a potential outcome of our current international situation.

Nobody takes a stand anymore, so when someone does, everybody gets all wiggy over it. No sane person "wants" war, but sometimes that's what results of an impasse. Talk about war-mongering, uh...hello?! *WE* WERE ATTACKED 18 MONTHS AGO! Why are we not entitled to stand up for ourselves?

Nobody complained when Clinton went into Kosovo ten years ago. Larry King brought this up, and the liberal guys couldn't answer it. Clinton had full support. Oh, I get it...he was one of the *cool* kids. Silly me....I guess I should know better. The "rules" don't apply to them.

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[> I don't watch Larry "Softball" King. I am surprised that he made the Kosovo remark. he probably expected that his liberal buddies would have an answer prepared for that, but they must've been fooled to hear a decent question from ol' Larry. Whoops. Betcha he never does that again. -- SurveyGuy, 19:30:20 03/12/03 Wed (maxtnt04-159.phlpa.fast.net/209.92.96.159)

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[> SPOCK: See my remarks on Operation Desert Fox below .. You will find it very interesting to do a google search .. -- Chez, 09:56:43 03/13/03 Thu (05-107.002.popsite.net/64.24.18.107)

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