onward "christian soldiers".... is this an oxymoron?

Question

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Answer 1

The history of christianity is one continuous bloodbath, and you to be a moron to believe the bible.

Answer 2

Not at all. It was a song popular in the American War Between the States. It referred to soldiers doing their Christian duty to free men from slavery.

You don't know much about Christianity do you?

Christianity became accepted as a religion of the Roman Empire at the edict of Constantine.

On the night before an important battle, he saw a sign in the heavens, a Cross, with the revelation "In Hoc Signo Vinces", which roughly means, By This Sign, Victory. Actually it is supposed to have been a Chi-Rho Cross with the Greek inscription"En Touto Nika (with(in) this you win). rather than the previous Latin sign. I suspect this had much to do with the large number of Hellenized soldiers in his troups.


The Christians(semitic) and the Mithrans(persian) and the followers of Sol Invictus(romans) in his army all used crosses, and this sign further united and inspired them to win the battle. Before this battle, Christians were a persecuted minority in the Roman Empire. This action legitimized the state recognition of the Church, and most of the formalization process was undertaken shortly afterwards.

Constantine became a Christian on his deathbed, because the custom at that time, was that once you became a Christian, it was really, really bad to sin. Consequently, many people tried to live well and accept Christianity on their deathbeds. His mother, St Helene, was a Christian.

So Christianity was really born of war.

Addendum: Mithrans and the followers of Sol Invictus also used a cross. It is believed that Constantine saw the Chi-Rho cross, which to those unfamiliar with crosses, looks like a Capital P(rho in Greek), with the bottom crossed with the an X, (Chi in Greek).
Christians at the time used a Tau cross, which looks like a capital T, occasionally crowned with a nimbus, which caused some confusion with the Egyptian Ankh, or symbol of eternal life. This was popular with the Egyptian Coptic Christians.

Corrections to other posters:

KLU: The conventional short form for Christian is Xian.

Crusher: Nope, "Onward Christian Soldiers" wasn't even written at the time of the crusades, and the musical scales were different then. And contrary to internet disinformation, neither was "A mighty fortress is our God"

Sasha: Are you kidding. The Christian dogma is that all have erred and fallen short of the glory of God. Some people claiming to be Christians are criminals, but not most, and not all.

stardust

" no, as some parts of the boble specifically say that our "duty" as christians is to convert everyone else and if they don't agree we should get rid of them- a bit like radical islam. this is how the crusades came about in the middle ages. "

Twice wrong. The bible says Christians are to attempt to convert others by being a good exemplar, and if they will not hear the message, to leave them in peace, and shake the dust from your sandals, to be sure you take nothing away from them.

The crusades came about because the muslim moors had captured Spain, and had begun to persecute the Iberians and charge the tax. The Crusades were a counteroffensive to reclaim the Holy Lands, especially Jerusalem, and to a lesser degree the other holy cities, and undermine the Saracens who had become important in Islam, and were roughly analogous to the fundamental extremists of the time. Other than the Saracens, Muslims, Jews and Christians got along fairly well in the Holy Lands, and the Jews and Christians didn't have to pay a tax.

LR: No, religion has not been responsible for wars, People have been responsible for wars, and sometimes use religion as a marketing tool.

Answer 3

No, just another result of people not knowing the Scriptures....

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. -2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Answer 4

Have a look at what God has to say on it. Sorry to sound prissy but you will find all your living and thinking answers there. You will need someone to point some of the answers to you, however you could start by looking up what it means to be a soldier(there is different types of fighting, it does not always have to be with physical bullets etc)

Answer 5

There is Christian soldiers in Iraq now, no it is not a oxy=moron.When soldiers lay down their lives for others,it should be treated with respect.

Answer 6

onward christian soldiers refers to the campaigns against islam during the crusades.

Answer 7

We are Christians soldiers in that we have a battle against evil. The Bible is our sword, as the Bible states, Gods word is sharper than any two edge sword and cuts deep, separating marrow from the bone. It uncovers all things.

Answer 8

No it isn't, because as Christians we are to do battle with the devil.

the Bible in Ephesians 6:10-17 explains "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

The body of faithful which comprises the Catholic Church is divided into three parts: the Church Triumphant (souls in heaven), the Church Suffering (souls in purgatory) and the Church Militant (faithful on earth).1 The Church Militant has been defined as:

"the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies...

Answer 9

no, as some parts of the boble specifically say that our "duty" as christians is to convert everyone else and if they don't agree we should get rid of them- a bit like radical islam. this is how the crusades came about in the middle ages.

i dont believe any of it though

Answer 10

No, just think about history and all of the murder, torture, raping, and pillaging done by xtains. Oh, and look at the number of "good xtains" that support war and advocate more violence.

Answer 11

No, Christians can be soldiers.