Letter Inspires Responses: God’s Role in Combat
A letter to the editor at the Stars and Stripes complained of offense when the paper quoted a soldier apparently expressing a belief in God (discussed here). The “non-believer’s” letter spawned a spate of responses.
Three responses directly addressed the original letter writer’s question. The first attempted to explain the sovereignty of God by pitting free will versus God’s will, a complicated subject at best for the opinion section of a newspaper. A second letter also taught a theological lesson, as well as bluntly communicating a Christian message.
The third addressed a more basic concept in the original letter, noting that God has allowed many to die–and live–when man cannot comprehend why. The first sergeant makes an astute observation about the self-contradiction of the initial complaint: Read more