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...sermon (which the curious may find at www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu/sermons/Patriotismnotenough.shtml) begins with an important question: What should a Christian do when the policies of his government conflict with the commandments of his God? That conflict is indeed possible, as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a courageous minister who gave his life resisting Nazism, and to whom Gomes refers in his sermon, could tell...
...struck throughout the sermon by Gomes’ uncharitable dismissals. He tells us, for example, that he “demand[s] a better excuse than revenge, or oil, for the prosecution of a war that is likely to do more harm than good”—as though people who think the war will do more good than harm are not only wrong, but opportunists and liars to boot. So much for the intelligent debate that Bush’s opponents so shrilly insist is being stifled...
...felt it was more of a speech than a sermon,” said Tasha C. Bartch ’06, who regularly attends services at Memorial Church. “But people were clapping with a sense of relief that a moral authority had finally spoken...
Bartch, who is also an ROTC cadet, said Gomes’ sermon made her feel more honored to serve in the military...
...disagreed with at least one-quarter of what he said,” said Daniel S. Anderson ’06, “but was fascinated by the sermon and thought it was important for him to speak his mind...