War and Peace

Category: War and Peace

Libertarian Perspectives on War and Peace

Libertarianism

At The Libertarian Standard, Anthony Gregory writes an incredible essay commemorating (or in shame of, alternatively) the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War. The piece covers libertarian perspectives on war ...

Janus Christians

Theology

“Were it not for the support offered by several tens of millions of evangelicals, militarism in this deeply and genuinely religious country becomes inconceivable.” ~ Andrew Bacevich (Colonel, U.S. Army, ...

Is God Against Drones?

American History

He is not, according to former CIA analyst and current Christian axis of evil candidate Mark D. Tooley, as long as it is just the United States that is using ...

LCC joins the Clear Skies Initiative

Announcements

I am pleased to announce that LibertarianChristians.com is now a member of the Clear Skies Initiative, sponsored by Muslims4Liberty.org. The Clear Skies Initiative is a broad coalition of individuals and ...

Militarism is not heroic

Christian Ethics

Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL, and the U.S. military’s most lethal sniper, was deliberately and fatally shot recently by another veteran while at a gun range. According to Star ...

Jim Wallis lambastes John McCain for military adventurism, but not Obama?

Christian Worldview

I am not positive at all toward Jim Wallis’s left-leaning positions on government intervention in the economy and social issues. Nonetheless, he is completely correct in his criticism of John ...

Soldiers in Fantasyland

War and Peace

Disney World in central Florida recently opened a large expansion and renovation of its Fantasyland area. Kids can ride Dumbo the Flying Elephant, the Mad Tea Party, the Many Adventures ...

I Question Your Patriotism

Politics

I have been called a lot of things since I began writing about ten years ago on the folly of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the evils of the ...

Guns? Let’s Talk about Logs! (or, Luke 6:42 for President Obama)

Politics

I usually avoid making comments about tragic events, mostly because there are many astute authors who produce more profound thoughts than I have (here). I really have nothing new to ...

Is War Worth It?

War and Peace

Believe it or not, I like getting e-mails from military veterans. I do admit, though, that this might seem like the last thing anyone would expect after looking through my ...

Legitimate Murder?

Theology

Is killing another human being ever justifiable? Is committing acts of violence ever permissible? Is murder ever legitimate? In an otherwise good article on self-defense, “The Use of Deadly Force ...

The Most Ridiculous Arguments and Criticisms I Have Ever Received

Christian Worldview

I have been writing about the folly and wickedness of war – and especially Christian support for the same – since soon after George W. Bush invaded Iraq back in ...

Ron Paul bids farewell to Congress

Politics

Today, Ron Paul gave his farewell address to the U.S. House of Representatives. Here is the text of his speech. Farewell to Congress This may well be the last time ...

Obama wins, celebrates by bombing another country

News

You think I’m kidding. Just hours after his re-election acceptance speech, it looks as though Obama ordered another drone strike over Yemen. Quoting the Huffington Post: On Wednesday morning, as ...

Do wars in the Bible justify war today?

Christian Ethics

From a biblical perspective, the worst thing about Christian apologists for war, the military, and the warfare state is not their willful ignorance of U.S. foreign policy, their blind nationalism, ...

The Curse of Standing Armies

Christian Ethics

Review of Joel McDurmon, The Bible & War in America: A Biblical View of an American Obsession and Steps to Recover Liberty (America Vision, 2012), vii + 107 pgs., paperback, ...

On Blessing the Troops

Theology

If you go to church at all you’ve probably heard the prayer requests: “Protect our troops in harm’s way,” “Shield our men and women overseas from the enemy,” “Keep our ...

Another Conservative Christian Warmonger

Christian Ethics

Finally, the truth comes out. At long last, we now know why Joe Carter is not and can never be a Christian libertarian – because he is a conservative Christian ...

The Way of Peace

War and Peace

All libertarians seek the path of non-violence. Even those with anarchist leanings will concede the possibility that the State has a legitimate, albeit minor, role in society (we usually call ...

News of the Week: You Call this a War?

News

Recapping the interesting and significant news of this past week. Anthony Gregory asks, “You call this a war? I’ll show you a war.” He contends that we are prone to ...

Some Caliphate

Politics

At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) – the closest thing to a global, Islamic caliphate – controlled vast swaths of land in the Middle East, ...

Ron Paul is Right About United States Overseas Military Bases

War and Peace

“We don’t need to pay all this money to keep troops all over the country, 130 countries, 900 bases. But also, just think, bringing all the troops home rather rapidly, ...

The Real Reason Guantanamo Should Be Closed

History

It has been ten years now since the first “terrorists” arrived at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Of the 779 people who have been detained at Guantánamo ...

Suppose We Followed the Golden Rule

Christian Ethics

“My point is, if another country does to us what we do to others, we’re not going to like it very much. So I would say that maybe we ought ...

Korea Shows All That Is Wrong With U.S. Foreign Policy

History

The tension on the Korean peninsula escalated late last year when South Korea began live-firing drills off its coastline. That was after North and South Korea shelled each other for ...

Is Ron Paul an Isolationist?

Politics

The word isolationist is a pejorative term used to ridicule advocates of U.S. nonintervention in foreign affairs, intimidate their supporters, and stifle debate over U.S. foreign policy. Throughout the twentieth ...

Weighing Political Planks and the Obama Dilemma

Politics

I have heard it said numerous times in the past month alone, by Christians nonetheless, that the important thing about the next election is “getting rid of Obama.” Such sentiment, ...

Idols of the Heart: Baptizing the War Prayer

Idols of the Heart: Baptizing the War Prayer

Christian Ethics

Since the bombs began to fall on Baghdad in March of 2003, churches, Christian leaders, religious organizations, and individual Christians have been telling us to pray for U.S. soldiers fighting ...

A Bad Way to Argue Against Being a Christian Libertarian

Theology

A few days after the Washington Post published my article on Christianity, libertarianism, and Ron Paul, one Dana Loesch, a former talk-show radio host and leader in the St. Louis, ...

Theological Schizophrenia

Theology

It is bad enough that Republican warmongers like Mitt Romney, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Allan West are whining about the supposed cuts to the defense budget that are due ...

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