War Crimes
2007.08.22 3:13

In Japan August is a season of war. Two atomic bombs were dropped in two cities in August. Japan surrendered in August. Besides they have usually bon festivals which celebrate the return of ancestor's souls as well as the souls of the dead at war.
Dead people are free from any discriminations they had while still they were alive. Even though executed crimes ought to be treated just as the deceased souls as ordinary citizens. War criminals are a strange word. For those who think war is nothing but a crime, war crime just sounds like capital punishment death penalty, or automobile car, submarine undersea boat.
Seven war time leaders were executed as A class war criminal in International Military Tribunal for the Far East held in Tokyo after the World War II. One out of seven was a civilian official. They were charged at their role of war in three parts, war crimes, crimes against peace, crimes against humanity.
Some insist that they ought to be payed respected in a different shrine other than one particular shrine that specifically designated for soldiers who were dead at war. Is there any meaning to discriminate even after their death?
About those who pretend to be evil
2007.08.22 0:14

There are some people who pretend to be evil. What's their psychology?
Probably their moral standard is extremely high and they realised their behaviour cannot possibly meet their supposedly very high moral standard. Their claim is humans are so sinful and they themselves feel as if they are committing some crime. According to God's standard, humans make error. According to ordinary humans' ordinary moral standard, humans are perfect.
Cross
2007.08.20 0:00

Many people believe cross means Christianity. How come it came to be a symbol of Christianity?
Jesus was believed to be crucified on the cross, that is one reason. The fish mark was used to represent Christ, and cross might be the simplified form for fish or Christ. The first Greek letter for Christ is X as the abbreviation form Xmas suggests and X became the representation for Christianity. Cross had been used to represent Seraph, or angel, cross came to represent Christ after people started believing Christ became angel after resurrection.
In Japan there's very few church and many people here don't know the relationship of cross and Christianity. For almost all people here cross is just a decoration of some design. Probably I think cross was used to indicate an important target as a bull's eye, this could have meant simply an objective of life.
Economic Aspect of War
2007.08.19 22:19

In ordinary times it's hard to decrease population drastically. People cannot kill other people in legal manners. Population tend to increase. The more population grows the harder they feed themselves. War occurs when systematic culling was necessary. At war innocent people kill one another. There's no more effective way of culling of population other than war.
Did St Paul meet Caesar?
2007.08.15 0:08

He insisted he meet Caesar when he was talking to local authority or he asked this local ruler to make him see Caesar. But I think he didn't see Caesar. There's no direct description as to him seeing Caesar.