Literary Discussions

Speaking of rioters ravaging gardens, pillaging, plundering... I went through college with someone who went on to a seminary. The Vietnam draft was going strong so I expect that was one incentive because the life he was leading was not a spiritual one. He leads a kind of double life, straddling the fence. Some days he tells people to "ratchet up their rosary prayers" but other days he talks about his arsenal of assault rifles and ammo and how he is prepared to dole out his conservative Republican vigilante style justice when the unwashed multitudes come to pillage his larder of provisions, and he even posts bizarre photos of himself wearing strange hooded costumes and pointing his assault rifle.  I don't think he grasps the fundamental message of Christianity.  No military chaplain is allowed to carry a weapon. The Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church will not allow priests to serve if they use lethal force. I know for a fact that if a Greek Orthodox priest is involved in an automobile accident and is guilty of involuntary manslaughter they must stop celebrating mass/liturgy.  King David was celebrated as a warrior saying "Saul slew his thousands and David slew tens of thousands" but David was not allowed to build the temple. Only Solomon who never used lethal force was allowed to build the temple.