u/Bakkster

Anyone else getting bad vibes from the "Department of War" misquoting Scripture for a message of war in the name of the Prince of Peace? A Psalm claiming to be a chosen people without its rejection of military might? The prophet Isaiah without the repentance immediately preceding it?

Or, perhaps more interestingly, without the context of the lectionary reading last week:

“...the LORD of hosts... expected justice but saw bloodshed; righteousness but heard a cry!” Isaiah 5:7

I know, people hate politics, but isn't this deeper? Isn't this dangerous, harmful theology targeting our flock? Something that will deeply harm souls? We have multiple military families in our congregation, alongside everyone else we say we want to protect from wicked ideologies. To say nothing of what the Two Kingdoms doctrine says about our required response as the conscience of the left hand kingdom.

I know I'm not alone feeling this way, but sometimes it feels like I'm in the minority when this perspective really shouldn't be. I feel like the plain reading of these Scripture passages is self evident, am I missing something? Is there a better Confessional context or argument to rebuke this idea? Or is this simple a case where, a Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: "Here we must come to terms with the fact that in most cases a genuine internal liberation becomes possible only when external liberation has preceded it"?

After the cut with a connector is made, is there a way to update the connector? For example, changing the shape or position of a dowel connector?

The "Cut connectors" show up in the objects, but I'm not seeing any way to add/remove from them.