re doing the work of god desiree bradley desiree bradley mindlink bc ca wrote the next sunday the sermon was about joshua where the israelites take jericho and then proceed to massacre everybody there except for rahab who had sheltered the spies with those reports about bosnia in my mind i felt uncomfortable about the minister saying that the massacre the one in joshua was right but what really bothered me was that if i was going to try taking christianity seriously i shouldn t be so troubled about the reports of ethnic cleansing in bosnia certainly my sympathies shouldn t be with the moslims considering that the bosnian muslims are descendants of christians who under turkish rule converted to islam could the serbs be doing god s work perhaps it would be useful to ask whether those doing the ethnic cleansing could be said to be loving those they are killing in the very act of killing does it reflect the attitude of god who sends rain to both the just and the unjust if not then christians should be uncomfortable with it jesus gave his followers the law of love to follow and it is by exhibiting this that disciples will be known doctrinal or political correctness is not the standard so i don t see why christians should be moved against the serbs because their ancestors converted from christianity to islam it seems to me that as a christian you should be troubled by the ethnic cleansing peace scott shalkowski scott arts uwa edu au
