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| Does the above message truly reach others for Christ? |
Facebook™ is both and neither good or evil, but it is loud. Someday, Sociologists will be able to quantitatively
sift through this mound of networked words and images to understand, describe
and, um, er, yes, well… judge current generations.
Now let me be straight up – I am a bona
fide pacifist non-resister in the tradition of the Brüderthaler, and at the
same time, a proud descendent of about 1000 years of military heroes – in fact,
my last name was conferred on the family for heroic service on the battlefield
some 1100 years ago in the forests and estuaries of the Batavian lowlands. I have dated military and spend a lot of time
worrying about and supporting our boys and girls (my friends, cousins and
former girlfriends) in the forces around the world. But… I am still a non-resistor, a Mennonite
and an American.
So, I understood when my cousin posted the above graphic on her Facebook page, but do indeed find myself, well, yes -- offended. This isn't the first time -- she has a history of posting similar graphics (see below) and so I am used to the fact that we see things very differently, but...is there a double standard here? And does this truly reflect a Christian witness?
