WWJD about North Korea and the Sony Hack

WWJD (What would Jesus do) about the U.S. deciding to retaliate against North Korea for its alleged hacking of Sony? While the "just war" tradition is helpful, there's a quicker way to get to the point.

Here's a deductive syllogism from the Bible.

A) Jesus believed that the Torah was authoritative (The Torah is the Five Books of the Bible), per Matthew 5:17-19.

B) The Torah says "thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." (Exodus 20:16)

C) The U.S. government manufactured evidence of North Korean culpability.

D) Manufacturing evidence is bearing false witness (false testimony) against your neighbor.

E) Conclusion: Jesus would not have supported retaliation against North Korea.

This syllogism avoids questions of "what kind of force is appropriate," "are sanctions appropriate," as the very premises of the government's arguments are undermined.  "Who would Jesus bomb" is irrelevant here.

Why?

The accused are not guilty.

God is like a mother waiting for her child to return home

God is like that mother who waits for her child to come back home from playing outdoors and makes sure the child gets washed up, nourished and ready for the next day. (Late Elementary & Middle school memories of my Mom waiting at the front door with the door wide open come to mind here)

Of course, in some sense that's where the analogy ends because kids should totally play outside. But we who know the Lord Jesus Christ have someone ready to clean us when we get dirty in sin from time to time. ~The Proprietor

Ted Weiland on the overturning of DOMA

Ted Weiland:

This ruling could have never occurred had the government not got into the (lucrative) business of licensing (making legal) heterosexual marriages, what was already lawful under Yahweh's jurisdiction. That which provides the license, ultimately makes the rules for what it licenses.

Had the framers not failed to expressly establish government upon Yahweh's immutable morality, secular government would have never been allowed to provide licenses for marriage and this ruling would have never occurred. In fact, not one of today's Supreme Court Justices would be on the bench if Bible law were the rule and thereby Biblical qualifications the standard for judges.

For more, see online Chapter 6 "Article 3: Judicial Usurpation." Click on my name, then our website. Go to our Online Books page, click on the top entry, and scroll down to Chapter 6.

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