Christianity, Culture, Vocation
April 2nd, 2008 — History
A bestselling book by Nicholson Baker entitled Human Smoke argues that fighting World War II was a mistake.
But, but, what about the Holocaust? The Jews died anyway, says Baker. More lives were lost fighting the war than were worth the cost. Baker maintains that the pacifists of that time were right.
Where does one start with this? I fear, though, that the anti-war spirit is becoming so strong that this mindset will prevail in the West, and that it is already in Europe.
February 22nd, 2008 — History
Anthony Sacramone reviews another critique of the new atheism, “The Irrational Atheist” by Vox Day. That author deals with the slur that religion has caused most of the world’s wars by actually counting them:
Day found 123 wars that could validly be claimed to have religion at their heart—a grand total of 6.98 percent of all wars fought. “It’s also interesting to note that more than half of these religious wars, sixty-six in all, were waged by Islamic nations,” Day offers as an aside.
