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 Loyality to God?? Or Country????      
 Name: Nunziata
22/3/2003
(13:44) GMT
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This war is presenting an unusual but age old dilema--should
one be loyal to God?? Or does loyalty to country supercede
one's faith?? 

What if one's country's laws or actions are against God's
laws?? How does a citizen react in such circumstances??


AS a Catholic, my religious and moral teachings tell me that
this war is wrong--it is not morally justified. The Pope and
American Bishops strongly oppose this war againsr moral
grounds--and many of us strongly believe that the
commandment "thou shall not kill" as God's law. 

A friend of mine, a Catholic nun, has always told be that
being a real Christian is not easy.God's laws are not of
this world. God sees the world differently, not from human
eyes but from divine eyes. This often conflicts with secular
or "worldy" demands...

We had this debate at work--there were some heated
arguments--it was notable that the "born again" Christians
among us were the ones who were strongly IN FAVOR of the
war--they saw NO DISTINCTION between "God and Country".



Just some thoughts.

Nunziata
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