“By their fruits…” still applies. Who is narrating death, and who is sanctifying life? If the story reliably produces contempt, dehumanization, and trenches, it’s not Gospel-shaped, no matter how many times God’s name gets invoked.

Yermin

The whole thing reminds me of a World War I comic book story I read as a kid. Both the French and German armies saw a vision of God in the clouds telling them to charge and march forward. At the end of the story, the only winner was the ghost of

death as everyone on both sides was killed in the trenches.

Politics_And_Law

Faith as a Shield: Two Competing Christian Narratives After a Killing

The whole thing reminds me of a World War I comic book story I read as a kid. Both the French and German armies saw a vision of God in the clouds telling them to charge and march forward. At the end of the story, the only winner was the ghost of 
death as everyone on both sides was killed in the trenches.