If "Thous Shalt Not Kill" is the first commandment, above all, shouldn't Christians be anti-war ?

Answer 1

Firstly, it's not the first commandment--it's buried somewhere around the middle.

Second of all, the bible has a huge list of exceptions to that particular rule.

Besides, since Judaism evolved from the worship of a Canaanite God of War, it's unlikely that his Judaic descendent would be anti-war, would he?

Answer 2

Yes. God indeed said "thou shalt not kill" Also remember "love thy neighbor" and "thou shalt not bear false witness"

However, most Americans are not real Christians. They think they are, but most merely follow a priest or the government, and that, of course, is a flawed source. I personally think we have forgotten much of the essence of God, the way of the Lord. The nation is diverted by such trivial issues as homosexuality. People today believe whatever the government tells them, and the government says war is good. Therefore, many self-proclaimed "Christians" have taken to supporting war.

However, do remember that no one is perfect. We are flawed people, that must be accepted. That is, in fact, the reason Satan thrives now- he preys on the natural human flaws.

Answer 3

The Hebrew word for "Ratsach" is different from the word used to speak of killing something such as an animal. It speaks more to assination, or premeditated murder. The commandment, "thou shalt not kill" is translated other places, "Though shalt not murder"

Also, Hebrew uses different tenses to show intesity. The tense used on the verb kill is an intensive tense, The word use and the tense in the Hebrew communicates murder with intent, so it's not talking about war.

The idea of going to war is a completely different subject. The responsibility of war is in the hands of the governement. If a soldier kills somebody on his own accord (an act of murder) then he is liable, but if he is acting as an agent to the government in which his serving, the government is liable. This is why we don't have courts for soliders after wars, but for leaders.

Answer 4

You are a typical Yahoo idiot. and so are most of the people who responded. The first commandment says there is only one god and not to worship any other gods. Like Jesus.
So Christians aren't bound by the ten commandments. They made their own rules.
The ten commandments were given to the Jews when they were wandering the desert for 40 years.
Christians have always been pro war. Whatever it takes to force Jesus down the throats of heretics.
Remember Jesus gave up a Saturday for our sins.

Answer 5

there is a difference between m u r d e r and k i l l i n g out of self defense. we shouldn't go looking for war but when our country is under attack it's okay to defend ourselves. also it's okay to protect others. see, the Arab nations want to k i l l us because they h a t e us.. that's obviously wrong. so when they attacked us on 9/11 we fought back and we are doing all we can to clean up this mess and prevent annihilation. so anyway, Christians shouldn't be anti-war because sometimes war is necessary.. think of the revolutionary war.. if that hadn't happened we wouldn't even have the freedom right now to even BE Christians!

Answer 6

If someone kept torturing your family and the law just looked the other way. Would you say I don't believe in violence so I'll just ignore it and hope it goes away?
It is the same way with war. We believe we are there to protect the innocent lives that otherwise would suffer torture and even death. Sometimes the enemy hides behind innocent victims and the innocent still suffer.
There is a big difference in killing out of hatred and killing to protect the innocent.

Answer 7

1. It's not the first Commandment
2. The 10 commandments were "Old Testament" rules
Jesus' blood now covers all Sins
3. thou shalt not kill, refers to "willful" or "premeditated' MURDER
not defending yourself, your country, or other innocent people

Answer 8

Well, im christian, and i am anti war, but christanity has kind of gone to the dogs, because to many its easy to get into, you get baptisted and people think they can do whatever the hell they want, people get shot outside of churches, inside of churches! how many crimes do you see on monday morning news from saturday night? And ALOT of those killers are christian, because christianity is a religon that is more of a everyday like thing, you don't have to go to church, you don't have to pray of a schedule, you just have to live for christ, but a lot of people forget that last part.

Answer 9

To me personally, as a Christian, I believe there is a difference between killing another human in means of it being unjust - murder- and proctecting and defending our country. And just for the record, 'You shall have no other gods before me' is the first commandment.

Answer 10

Funny thing, more people have been killed in the name of christianity than in all the wars we have had!