While surfing around the Blogathon frame (which is still up in case y’all want to see any of the *interesting* sites), I came across this:

My not-quite aunt (sheâ????s actually my friendâ????s mother) asked me today, â??œDid you hear that they want America to fight another war? They said â??˜Jesus is Coming,â???? so they want us to fight there, too.â???

I assumed she meant the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict breaking out in the Middle East. What appalled me most about this was the fact that it seems Jesusâ???? Second Coming, perhaps the most important event to Christians (or second most, if you think Immaculate Conception is the first), is being used as a persuasion method to go to war.

My Bible says that Jesus wants us to â??œlove our neighbors as we love ourselves.â??? I somehow donâ????t think the Son of God would want us to hurt each other, and, eventually ourselves.

If Jesus plans to come, thereâ????s no one to stop him. Right? But why should we use what will all ready (according to Revelations) be a rocky time as an excuse to make today even worse? I understand that many people believe that the end days are already upon us (President George Bush, Prince Charles, the Pope, and the King of Syria have been pinpointed as the Antichrist).

I just donâ????t understand the logic behind using the Second Coming of Jesus as an excuse for war? Shouldnâ????t we be somehow preparing ourselves? Isnâ????t this just pushing the world over the edge?

After all, when has love not been an answer for something?

Joy (the author) is right.Â? To anyone who is starting to tie the rumblings of the Middle East into Ezekiel, Daniel, and/or (especially) the Book of Revelation, could you do me a favor?

CUT IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!

If Jesus could come down to earth, dwell among us, die for us on the Cross as an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and rise again on the 3rd day, I really think He can plan His own itinerary for his Second Coming tour and doesn’t need our help.

That is all.