Judeo-Christian Principle Of Love Your Enemy

There is a strong Judeo-Christian principle of ‘love your enemy’. Not sure why God wanted to teach “His people” to do such a thing, but that question is redundant to the faithful. He is God and I am not. American values have often imitated the Judeo-Christian heritage that formed most, the majority, of the founding fathers and mother’s beliefs in the 18th century. As the civilization worked through this process it had to sometimes kill the enemy before they could historically love them because the position that was taken was often in a dramatic juxtaposition of the overall betterment of the greater society, from the point of view of the ones with the biggest gun. Historical facts of the revolution from England is that only 3 percent of …show more content…
At this time he finds himself in command of 1st corps of the Union army which comprised itself of 8,000 men who were primarily infantry troops who had single shot high caliber rifles. Coming up the street were 80,000 men of the Army of Northern Virginia. The opposing General, Robert E. Lee, had served as the commandant of West Point Academy where he attended college. With the reality of such a large force marching into such a city unopposed and support troupes a day’s march away he chose to stand and fight. On this day he lost more than 70% of the men he had trained and drilled and looked into their eyes with purpose of why they were serving this republic. He probably had the thought cross his mind once or twice during that day between him and the creator of the universe about “why did you have me start all of this chaos?” To this day, this casualty rate is the highest ever experienced by US …show more content…
You see Spaulding, the millionaire sporting goods distributor from Chicago, was also the current President of a society in America called the Theosophy Society. Doubleday was the 2nd such President of the same society. The two men would have been familiar with one another, at least Spaulding would have been of Doubleday before he commissioned the investigation. Doubleday was peer to men like Edison and was a “thinker”. To know more about “the Spirit of America” you must know about Theosophy. This is the study of beliefs. It is a study that can only be done through respect. The society takes all forms of beliefs and breaks them down in such a way as to see inherit benefits that can be applied and focused to make a society more productive and