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Originally Posted by Cynosure
The difference, of course, is when you try to convice other people of your principles, or even worse, force your principles upon them. When doing so, it's one thing to say, "And these principles of mine are founded upon my own learnings and understandings," and another thing entirely to say "And these principles of mine were given from God, and it is His will that you follow them as well." All the more so, when we're talking about something as world shaking as engaging in a full-scale war.
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If I can change a person's core beliefs or their guiding principles - they deserve what they get. Bush could not convince me to support a war that I thought was wrong. He can't do it to you. why do you assume he can do it to others?
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Whether or not Mother Teresa was a religious fanatic is beside the point. Mother Teresa saying God called upon her, personally, to live a life of servitude, to help out the poor and the wretched, is a HUGE difference from President George W. Bush saying God called upon him to lead the nation and its allies into a bloody war in Iraq.
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I disagree. I believe there is right and wrong. I believe some are predisposed to do what Mother Teresa did and others are predisposed to fight, and if the fight is against evil then it is good.
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Originally Posted by abaya
Seriously. Last I recall, Mother Teresa didn't have anyone killed/sent to kill others as a result of her belief in God.
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People fought and people died so that she had the opportunity to do what she did. She helped people who would "fight" in their own ways for what was right. I think she probably understood those concepts and may have prayed to God to give those people guidance.