This question is based on a Y!A answer. The wording on the commandment, "Thou shall not kill" has been changed just enough so that people can accept the horrendous death toll in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Lebanon. Add to this the bigotry skillfully instilled in the minds of so many Americans that Muslims are intrinsically evil and it's okay to kill them.
and, by the way, for the people who subscribe to the above propaganda, aren't you the ones who consider the Muslims killers? You should be happy because the death toll is must be approaching a million all together. Including infants and toddlers, these murderous people are all dead. Congratulations.
2006-10-13 02:16:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't see them as different. War is simply murder on a grand scale. Wars are fought over land, power, control, money and beliefs. How is it not murder to war with another country over their beliefs? or over their land? America is currently at war with a country that has never fired a shot at us. It is despicable. It is murder. Life is precious all life. Now there are those who will call me a bleeding heart liberal....well I don't know if the organ is bleeding or not, but at least I've got one.
2006-10-13 02:40:32 · answer #1 · answered by Medusa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think most Americans who support this campaign in Iraq are right-wing Christian military families and veterans. And then, other people who also enlisted, plus the oil companies to an extent. And of course, our own lovable, 3-times divorced Rush with the hearing implants and the Limburger between the ears.
2006-10-13 09:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by TarKettle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War is just murder, where you make up a good sounding justification.
There is really no difference at all because murders think that there actions are justified at the time or they would not do what they do.
Love and blessings Don
2006-10-13 09:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you cannot tell the difference between rightful killing and murder, you will soon, when God kills you rightfully and sends you to Hell where you belong. Anyone who believes the bible says something different will have plenty of time to bone up on their ancient Hebrew when they're in Hell with you.
2006-10-13 11:13:53 · answer #4 · answered by Hate Boy! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You ask an interesting question. The answer is no--the wars fought in modern times, including now, do not have God's approval and are not just wars. In Biblical times Jehovah God directed ancient Israel to use warfare to take possession of the land that he himself designated as their inheritance and to execute people whose depraved practices and defiance of the true God caused Jehovah to view them as being no longer fit to live. (Deut. 7:1, 2, 5; 9:5; Lev. 18:24, 25)
In the Law covenant God laid down rules for warfare that he would approve, stipulating exemptions and the manner in which this warfare was to be carried out. Such were truly holy wars of Jehovah. That is not true of the carnal warfare of any nation today.
With the establishing of the Christian congregation, a new situation came into existence. Christians are not under the Mosaic Law. Christ’s followers were to make disciples of people of all nations; so worshipers of the true God would in time be found in all those nations. However, what is the motive of those nations when they go to war? Is it to carry out the will of the Creator of all the earth or is it to further some nationalistic interest? If true Christians in one nation were to go to war against another nation, they would be fighting against fellow believers, against people who prayed for help to the same God that they did. Appropriately, Christ directed his followers to lay down the sword. (Matt. 26:52) He himself, glorified in the heavens, would henceforth carry out the execution of those who showed defiance of the true God and His will.—2Â Thess. 1:6-8; Rev. 19:11-21.
As true Christians, we do not go to war, but we follow the commandment to be peaceable with all men, love our enemies and pray for those who hate and persecute us.
2006-10-13 09:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like ANY loss of life.
But the sad fact is that people do kill, and it usually takes more killing to stop the unrighteous killing. There's nothing that can really be done to stop a person who, despite all efforts, insists upon killing.
2006-10-13 09:26:44 · answer #6 · answered by seraphim_pwns_u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you try asking that question to the cold, dead bodies that were murdered or killed ? I think they'd tell you that the argument is one of semantics and not morality, and that murder and killing are one and the same.
2006-10-13 09:25:12 · answer #7 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Killing is bringing about the death of another. We call it 'homicide'. If the killing is necessary, then it is called 'justifiable homicide'. That means it is just as if we did not kill. Murder is homicide for no cause, and is not justifiable.
As far as your mindset on Muslims and Americans and war. You need to read history, for you are mixed up in the head. If you do not like war-then don't ever start another one. You can not attack someone-then cry "foul" when they retaliate.
2006-10-13 09:31:12 · answer #8 · answered by Desperado 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Murder is killing without a just cause
War (Should be) to liberate a people or country that are threaten by another people or country
2006-10-13 09:23:16 · answer #9 · answered by williamzo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NOPE, I agree, thou shalt not kill can NOT be interpreted any other way. Love thine enemy. Not kill them if they disagree with you for whatever cause. They will have their own cross to bear. I feel bad for the innocence trapped and hunted in the literal crossfire over there. May God have mercy on them as well as us. We are all His children, He knows even if we don't.
2006-10-13 09:25:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋