Crusade??? You must think crusade is always a negative term.
In the context of my post, yes the word crusade is meant to have a negative connotation. However, I do not believe that the term crusade is always negative. I used that terminology to underline some of the things done in the name of "moral responsibility" that were not necessarily all that good. For example the Crusades of the late medieval time period.
Whoever heard of neutrality between right and wrong? How can you be neutral in the
struggle between good and evil? In any ideological struggle neutrality is suicidal.
Neutrality means the enemy is free to pick you off one at a time. In local
government a sheriff, when hard-pressed by lawlessness, can deputize any number of
citizens, but such a plan wont work on a national scale. Such results can only be
gotten by internationalism.
Honest men cannot have confidential dealing with rascals. Honest nations keep their
word and live up to their treaties. The honest administration does not make treaties
with a dishonest neighbor. If war is to be outlawed, the farce of neutrality must
end. It is immoral and cowardly for a group of law-abiding citizens to stand idly by
and see a fellow citizen being held up, beaten and robbed; and such moral
indifference is suicidal to a nation. What can be said of Christian nations that
stand by complacently while the world gangsters strafe and plunder the civilized
world, murdering and starving little children? May it never happen again!
It reads a little better when you cut out all the talk of the "new world order", "relinquish(ing) of national sovereignty", "regional internationalism", "..International Court must interpret the laws; and International Police must enforce the laws. Lesser nations must be forced into the international union.", "Mandatory law is law enforced by unquestioned force.", "The International Police will be known as Peace Armies.", "Educate zealous
crusaders to toil for the new order.", and things along these lines.
It is scary to think that this language was used just before WWII.
(Apply this language to the events of today, and see what you get.
)
I am having some trouble figuring out exactly when it was written, but it was either:
The Midwayer Messages (1943)
or
A Democratic Manifesto (1942)
How many people total died for the crusade that was WWII. Here is a hint, more people lost there lives during WWII than during any other period of recorded history.
Furthermore, it set the stage for many of the conflicts that we are happening around the globe today.
How far can moral responsibility take you and still be good?
Jake
(What is the connection between the Midwayers, and Urantia? Just curious.)
