[Pebbles_Nibbles]

First, I see Iraq in different light from the editors of Time, Newsweek, or any secular magazine. When I look at the map of Iraq, I see not only Baghdad, Al Basrah, and Kirkuk; I see Babylon south
of Baghdad where Daniel and his companions witnessed for God; further south I notice Ur, which Abram left at the call of God. In the north I see Nineveh, the city to which the reluctant prophet Jonah was sent with a saving message. I see the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers and their fertile valleys that spawned the Babylonian and Assyrian empires familiar to us in the Old Testament Scriptures.

Saddam Hussein, whose removal is a goal of this war, sought to capitalize on Iraq's ancient heritage. He endeavoured to unite the fractious elements of the nation--Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds--under dream of the golden past of Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar.

I see Iraq differently for another reason. Brothers and sisters of my faith--live and worship in Iraq. We have three congregations in the country, one in the city of Nineveh. In Baghdad about 200 members meet in a church striking for its architecture; the growing congregation added 45 members in the past five years. I cannot look on Iraqis as "the enemy" or terrorists simply because they are Iraqis.

More than the above, I am a person of peace. I believe in change and work passionately for change, but change that comes about through
transformed lives. I believe that love is the most powerful weapon in the universe; that grace, not guns, alone changes the world for a bright future.

He who refused to call heaven's armies to His defense, who said: "All who take the sword perish by the sword" (Matt. 26:52,. From our earliest history I, as a follower of Christ, have officially advocated a stance of non-combatancy in times of war. I support a government (depending which one I am under at a point in time), but my ultimate loyalty is to God, whatever that may cost me.

Pebbles.

[jonney_2]

@Pebbbles...no disrepect...just wondering are you a priest or something?your reason for not supporting the war is "unique".
....and if you are one, what is your view on sex changes?

"Intelligence is the flower of discrimination............and all!

[Pebbles_Nibbles]

@Jonney,

What God made is PERFECT and needs no change. With that, I need not doubt, question His creation and workmanship.:)


>@Pebbbles...no disrepect...just wondering are you a priest or
>something?your reason for not supporting the war is "unique".
>....and if you are one, what is your view on sex changes?
>
>"Intelligence is the flower of discrimination............and
>all!

[jonney_2]

>@Jonney,
>
>What God made is PERFECT and needs no change. With that, I
>need not doubt, question His creation and workmanship.


So hypothetically...if a gal had hands,eye's,voice,like a guy's she would be perfect.
.......Despite public oppinion from other"perfect "beings.

How about those other "perfect" siamese twins....why do they have to undergo a separation operation?

There i was,..thinking two heads are betetr than one.






Personally i was born unlike Adam,maybe that's why i don't understand .






"Intelligence is the flower of discrimination............and all!

[jonney_2]

@pebbles..them questions might not be every day questions but this ur chance to spread the word.....This is hollywoood for you!Think of the fame,the prestige.

.....i know.iknow..you don't want praises from man,But heck!who pays ur salary?


Impress man a bit.you might get a raise.......hmmm?



"Intelligence is the flower of discrimination............and all!

[ATLian]

>>>>What God made is PERFECT and needs no change.

Isn't he the same guy who made the AIDS virus and other such stuff that we are trying to change and kill via medicine :-)