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A GENERATION OF WAR
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Montagnard refugee and his child out–
side a hospital in South Vietnam.
Southeast Asians hove suffered the rav–
ages of war since the early 1940's.
Will an agreement on peace be any–
thing more than a temporary but fleet–
ing hope for them?
Ernst He,b-
Ploin
Trulh Pholo
plosive Middle Easr,
jf
one is able ro
look beyond che fanacical Black Sep–
rember movemenr responsible for rhe
Olympic rragedy ar Munich.
People, alrhough very cauriously
and probably a bir cynically, are be–
ginning ro wonder if maybe peace
is
just around rhe comer. Maybe we'vc
finally had enough of war and killing.
Maybe mankind has progressed ro rhe
point where he has roo much "com–
mon sense" ro risk cosmocide by esca–
laring perry narionalisric quarrels inco
global conAicrs.
These are all pleasanr thoughrs and
lofty platirudes. Bur are rhey valid?
Has mankind found rhe way ro peace
ar Jase?
Uoderscanding the Problem
World leaders are ralking of peace.
Bur can rhey bring ro pass whar rhey
promise?
There was a prophet in che ancienc
land of Israel named Jeremiah. Look–
ing forward in rime roward che very
end of che six-rhousand-year age of
human exiscence, J eremiah was
moved ro give an amazingly accurare
descriprion regarding presenr-day
leaders of governmenrs. He said:
"They have healed also che hure of
che daughrer of my people [descen–
danrs] slighrly, saying, Peace, peace;
when there is no peace" Qeremiah
6:
14).
Similarly, che Aposrle Paul of che
early New Tesramenr Church of God
was inspired ro declare concerning
roday's narions and rheir leaders:
"The
way
of peace rhey have not
known'' (Romans 3:17).
Virrually all of rhe forces and
evenrs in motion around us are sub–
jecr ro a cause and effecr relacionship.
For every effect rhere is a definire
PLAIN TRUTH
Jonuory
1973