tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post1710237425438771524..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: Should Women Fight?Pr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-82655708316372153052015-12-05T11:00:14.180-06:002015-12-05T11:00:14.180-06:00Here is the paper I presented on this topic back i...Here is the paper I presented on this topic back in 2008 when Concordia Seminary St. Louis hosted a conference on the topic. http://www.scribd.com/doc/124576882/Natural-Law-and-Women-in-Combat-By-HR-Curtis<br /><br />+HRCPr. H. R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-6742796047871910282015-12-05T10:02:15.550-06:002015-12-05T10:02:15.550-06:00Good question although it is a political question....Good question although it is a political question. Women in the military want to succeed and climb the ranks just as fast as their male counterparts. In order to that, aviation, jet fighters, aircraft carriers, command of ships, submarine duty, and of course combat action are all ways to succeed. These are the fastest ways to climb the ladder. Do the duty and get the medals and write-ups.<br /><br />The movie GI Jane portrays this perfectly. The Government chose women to participate in test trials of the Special Forces. Demi Moore was a Lieutenant (O3) and her husband was a Lieutenant Commander (O4). She stated they both attended great schools. They both had great evaluations. The difference was the type of duty they served. He had combat experience; she did not.<br /><br />The only way to stop this is to either remove women from the military altogether or limit their duty to administrative duty stateside. I do not want to be around when the screaming od discrimination starts.<br /><br />The other thing is follow the examples of other countries like Russia and Israel and require all men 18 years old to enter the military service upon graduation from high school for a period of two years. This will increase the fighting force in all branches of the military and require less duty of women in combat zones.<br /><br />I don't have the all the answers but in America there is this plague and attitude where no one is going to tell me what I can do or not do. This is purely an American problem. You don't see or hear about this women in combat issue in other countries except maybe the extreme radical ones.<br /><br />I believe tasking the CTCR to write something would be a waste of assets because the Church simply lost her voice in this country.John Wursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11984130666096167978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-67503267911218069072015-12-04T22:37:59.203-06:002015-12-04T22:37:59.203-06:00It may only be Canon, of course, but the clearest ...It may only be Canon, of course, but the clearest Scriptural illustration of one sex laying down His life for the other is the Groom's sacrifice on behalf of His Bride. I suggest there may be a gentlemanly message to be mined there.<br /><br />Your (unworthy) servant,<br />Herr Doktor Michael L. Anderson, M.D., Ph.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158953802996685938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-67890714768481709502015-12-04T18:33:55.398-06:002015-12-04T18:33:55.398-06:00I don't feel that this is what God intended fo...I don't feel that this is what God intended for a woman's role in His creation. He placed women on a pedestal. Women have become dissatisfied with that position and decided to jump down from that pedestal because they want to be equal to and like man. How sad.DotThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092869380413662272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-70777076423621218692015-12-04T15:26:34.787-06:002015-12-04T15:26:34.787-06:00I doubt if the DOD has the authority to register f...I doubt if the DOD has the authority to register females in the Selective Service register, however, I suppose the DOD can assign females to combat roles on the front lines. I disagree with this, especially if a 90 pound woman with 50-60 pounds of gear is going to be successful in an attempt to carry a 250 pound unconscious male comrade out of harms way. Now if some females volunteer, I guess that is one thing, however, they do not belong in the front lines for at least the previous reason.<br /><br />I remember that in WWII the US used female pilots to "fairy" (a scary term in these last days), fighters and bombers to England because of a shortage of male pilots, yet I think they took ships, sailing in Nazi sub infested waters, to return to the US.<br /><br />I recall a night flight from Chicago to Memphis where the pilot was a female. There was lightening visible on both sides of the plane. She landed with such grace, that I did not know when she put the plane down until she applied the brakes. Best flight I can remember.<br /><br />Now then to the issue at hand. I think the CTCR should issue some kind of statement discouraging females from voluntary front line military service, of course, such can only be a recommendation. On the other hand the CTCR and the LCMS in convention should be encouraged to object to any sort of forced enrollment in the Selective Service based on religious grounds. This would protect LCMS females from an intrusive law, etc.<br /><br />The ELDoNA has done so some years ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028477122859083846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-69032186389510685722015-12-04T13:54:57.027-06:002015-12-04T13:54:57.027-06:00Total apples and oranges.
Woman sneaking/ingrati...Total apples and oranges. <br /><br />Woman sneaking/ingratiating herself into an enemy camp in order to decapitate enemy general is along the same extreme/bizarre case lines as Jael. We're talking about putting women in uniform and sending them to kill/be killed on the front lines of battle.<br /><br />But even if Judith's case did fit at all, which it doesn't, remember: Hard cases make bad law...or, the exception that proves the rule.Pastor David Ramirezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01777911480825540855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-47842719315188114812015-12-04T09:25:36.732-06:002015-12-04T09:25:36.732-06:00Yes, it's Deuterocanon, but what are we to mak...Yes, it's Deuterocanon, but what are we to make of Judith? Was she an exception to woman's general purpose in the Natural Order, or an example of how women might participate in war?Don Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843969209559483781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-81862421361520384512015-12-04T07:50:40.872-06:002015-12-04T07:50:40.872-06:00One thing I really appreciate about your articles,...One thing I really appreciate about your articles, Pr. Petersen, is that you get right to the point:<br /><br /><b>"The D.O.D.'s sad announcement yesterday reminded me that the CTCR of the LCMS is considering the question of whether or not it is immoral for a government to place women into combat. It clearly is immoral even though there isn't a single Bible passage that spells it out in black and white."</b><br /><br />Thank you for not taking us through the weeds before saying that which we all know, but <br />which some still deny.<br />T. D. Demaresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195713477127666504noreply@blogger.com