For Anzac day Sunday we looked at what the Bible has to say about war….
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And here is the short extract on should Christians be pacifists?
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Interesting subject! Evolution was not the great serial killer of spirituality -as is so often imagined by our media elites. But WWI was! The First World War marked a turning point in the West. WWII had a different impact for some decades. I asked an old Dunkirk veteran (over a beer or whisky) whether the Germans and British were X100 or X200 yds apart in the final infantry battle before he was taken prisoner. The old ex-POW burst out laughing and replied: “They were about the distance I am from you…..” (i.e. the 5 yards between our living room chairs). At a Remembrance Day service some years back we got chatting with an ancient and frail Scots veteran. He said it was a huge thrill to turn out for the Remembrance Day service, and that it was likely to be his very last. He had no children and his beloved wife had recently died. He said his belief in the goodness of life was deeply challenged by the horrors of the fight from Normandy to Germany. But on entering a concentration camp he suddenly became glad he had fought against evil. He said it was lovely to share these sentiments with younger people at the Remembrance Day Church service.