tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939543443166847471.post7351138043175339614..comments2023-09-29T01:48:26.874-07:00Comments on Scott in Tempe: Why I am a pacificst (well almost)tempe turleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00906350838729139212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939543443166847471.post-55642594266818351332009-01-26T22:11:00.000-07:002009-01-26T22:11:00.000-07:00Thanks Greg. I'll be sure to check your blog out....Thanks Greg. I'll be sure to check your blog out. I appreciate our visit of mine.The Turley Timeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446926683699004248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939543443166847471.post-85731124064186720062009-01-25T23:02:00.000-07:002009-01-25T23:02:00.000-07:00I happened to come across your blog tonight and re...I happened to come across your blog tonight and read your article about Hugh W. Nibley. You may be interested in seeing my post on the subject of <A HREF="http://www.believeallthings.com/2554/ig-farben-hugh-nibley" REL="nofollow">IG Farben and Hugh Nibley</A>.<BR/><BR/>After reading almost all of Nibley's writings over the years - published and unpublished - I have come to appreciate this great man who some called an "observer". I can't help but think he became a Latter-day witness to the atrocities of conflict as well as many other things.<BR/><BR/>Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939543443166847471.post-71210189055922315052008-09-18T09:01:00.000-07:002008-09-18T09:01:00.000-07:00Wow, that was sobering and just dang thought provo...Wow, that was sobering and just dang thought provoking. I appreciate your blog so much Scott. I've often thought while reading your essays about a part from the introduction to a book called, "Arm the Children, Faith's response to a violent world" by Arthur Henry King. Terry Warner writes, <BR/><BR/>"It would be wrong to suppose Arthur to be saying, when he comments about a subject, "This is the way things are." It does not matter whether we agree with what he says (certainly it would be of no concern to him); what matters is that in this text we observe this educated individual devoting his thinking to the Lord. What matters is that we see a man using his mind reverently and that as a consequence we will want to go and do likewise."<BR/><BR/>I know this happens to be a post where you didn't write much, but I had time and wanted to share that quote with you and thank you for inspiring me by using your mind reverently, I do want to go and do likewise because of your writing.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924589480789855087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939543443166847471.post-8037315828791969702008-09-17T07:54:00.000-07:002008-09-17T07:54:00.000-07:00Helena, I'm going to post this next, but WWII was,...Helena, <BR/><BR/>I'm going to post this next, but WWII was, in my very unknowedgeable opinion, completely avoidable.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to post why. <BR/><BR/>I jut think there are always other solutions.<BR/><BR/>But in general, I agree, that I'm an almost pacifist. Because I agree that there are always much better alternatives to war, our country and others are usually not with it enough to pursue them.<BR/><BR/>So, often we're forced by our own faults into making the better of two bad decisions because we are just not even considering the good ones.<BR/><BR/>But perhaps expecting our country, or any other, to consider good alternatives may be a bit unrealistic.tempe turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906350838729139212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939543443166847471.post-57976647533187419642008-09-17T02:27:00.000-07:002008-09-17T02:27:00.000-07:00I know this has nothing to do with Iraq, but the f...I know this has nothing to do with Iraq, but the following statement is exactly why I can't be against war in general, "It is also interesting that Hugh still does not discuss his visit to Dachau. Perhaps this is because it represents the one piece of data he has not been able to process in his anti-war philosophy. Perhaps genocide is the one crime Hugh would be willing to go to war to prevent." There are always innocent people being hurt and I feel you have to weigh bad against the worst. War should never be the answer, especially for many of the reasons that you quoted, but I think there comes a point when you just can't sit around anymore. Whether the US entered WWII for the right reasons or not I can't tell you, but I am grateful that they did.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889554974006623288noreply@blogger.com