The act of willing to sacrifice oneself in some way to do what has to be done to fight the monsters knowing that it will have these consequences is perfectly in line with Christian values, in my opinion. In some ways the manifestation of Christ himself, right? "Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend." It's one of the big reasons why we're all on this board - to shoulder the burden of this knowledge so that we can be there for our fellow man when the time comes.
Why is it so hard for soldiers to come home from combat? There is the genuine problem of experiencing the horrors and the trauma of war and trying to process it all with a likely damaged brain, but in my experience, the real problem lies in processing and accepting that the fight is over. I've heard it called the "St. George in retirement syndrome" - that after St. George slayed the dragon and achieved his goal, what was there left for him to do? "St. George in retirement" continues slaying smaller and smaller dragons, at some point becoming the monster that he set out to slay in the first place. This can be applied to this color revolution, I think - the formerly reasonable liberal-left achieved their goals (gay rights being the best example) but they didn't know how to give up the fight and have fallen into this critical theory abyss.
I think your warning is sound - that abyss is real, and it's dangerous. We need to keep in perspective that we may have to fight the monsters without becoming monsters ourselves which requires introspection and, more than anything, God.
Friedrich W. Nietzsche
God has Angels of Death. Former military here, sometimes you gotta get dirty to defeat a dirty enemy.
Good post though, no hate
This is true. It’s a matter of understanding and overcoming the shadow part of yourself. Look into the abyss - and don’t flinch.
We should be dangerous but also disciplined.
The act of willing to sacrifice oneself in some way to do what has to be done to fight the monsters knowing that it will have these consequences is perfectly in line with Christian values, in my opinion. In some ways the manifestation of Christ himself, right? "Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend." It's one of the big reasons why we're all on this board - to shoulder the burden of this knowledge so that we can be there for our fellow man when the time comes.
Why is it so hard for soldiers to come home from combat? There is the genuine problem of experiencing the horrors and the trauma of war and trying to process it all with a likely damaged brain, but in my experience, the real problem lies in processing and accepting that the fight is over. I've heard it called the "St. George in retirement syndrome" - that after St. George slayed the dragon and achieved his goal, what was there left for him to do? "St. George in retirement" continues slaying smaller and smaller dragons, at some point becoming the monster that he set out to slay in the first place. This can be applied to this color revolution, I think - the formerly reasonable liberal-left achieved their goals (gay rights being the best example) but they didn't know how to give up the fight and have fallen into this critical theory abyss.
I think your warning is sound - that abyss is real, and it's dangerous. We need to keep in perspective that we may have to fight the monsters without becoming monsters ourselves which requires introspection and, more than anything, God.