Fr Bless, when you were talking about soldiers going off to war and having to kill to defend there country. It reminded me about a story of saint Paisios. praying to the most holy Theotokos that he wouldnt kill anyone and that he would restore a church in her name. She answered his prayers and restored the church in her name. It shows the he knew gravity of killing someone would have on your soul.
"Smart Veterans are advising young Americans NOT to volunteer to become enforcers for the horrible policies of what is BY DEFINITION an inherently coercive, wasteful, & inefficient territorial monopolist of ultimate decisionmaking and violence: The US Federal Government."
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Fr Bless, when you were talking about soldiers going off to war and having to kill to defend there country. It reminded me about a story of saint Paisios. praying to the most holy Theotokos that he wouldnt kill anyone and that he would restore a church in her name. She answered his prayers and restored the church in her name. It shows the he knew gravity of killing someone would have on your soul.
"Smart Veterans are advising young Americans NOT to volunteer to become enforcers for the horrible policies of what is BY DEFINITION an inherently coercive, wasteful, & inefficient territorial monopolist of ultimate decisionmaking and violence: The US Federal Government."