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To: Lou Weed who wrote (190414)	6/29/2006 2:59:43 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thanks for showing that Blair said Saddam could deploy chemical or biological weapons within 45 minutes. For all I know he could have been correct as he did have at least 500 canisters of such weapons as well as lots of precursors, which could have been used to prepare new weapons. You can follow his word and by definition be a pacifist or you can claim to follow his word and condone war and torture (such as yourself) and by definition be a hypocrite. Thank you for answering the question. You clearly think Christianity requires a commitment to pacifism. You should be aware that Christians have traditionally taught that war can be ethical if the war is a "just war". A "just war" involves such issues as a just cause and intention, last resort, formal declaration, limited objectives, proportionate means, non-combatant immunity. You should also be aware that it is not an open and shut case that Jesus was a pacifist, at least as the term is used now. Consider Luke 22: 36: "Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." Why would a pacifist ever say such a thing? Also consider the episode when Jesus made a whip and drove money-changers out of the temple (John 2:15). Now I ask if you are both a Christian and a pacifist yourself or is this issue just a tactic of argumentation for you?