Love Thy Enemy
or a fundamentalists foreign policy
Bob Papcsy
How do you make a friend
out of an arch enemy who views
you as the evil spawn of the Devil?
If you are quite a bit stronger
you declare a Holy Crusade and
you kill him before he kills you.
Then, his friendship is irrelevant.
If you are not stronger or if your faith
gets in the way you wage an all out
peace campaign, keeping in mind
what is your ultimate goal, the utter
and complete destruction of this
alien non-christian culture. Using
the weight of your whole society, you
undermine his position with love,
christian goodness and humility.
After a couple years being spent using
this posture in an effort to achieve your
goal, this nation is still adamant in
their hatred of you and your corrupt
society, hell bent on your complete
destruction as their chief goal, you do
not hesitate to visit God's wrath upon them.
Wipe these strange tribes from the face
of the Earth, totally. Do so with alacrity
and Christian love. Love thy enemy as thy
love thyself. If by luck some of these
non-christian people survive, by all means do
so by clasping them to your heart and allowing
them to share in the one true religion of
our Lord Jesus. Voila! Now they are one
of us and none are left to rise again because
of your loving friendship and Christian resolve.
