2006-10-14 07:55:57 · 18 answers · asked by Charles Darwin 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Micah 4:3 "And he will certainly render judgment among many peoples, and set matters straight respecting mighty nations far away. And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. They will not lift up sword, nation against nation, neither will they learn war anymore."
Jehovah's son, Jesus said to him: (Matthew 26:52) “Return your sword to its place, for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword.
2006-10-14 08:03:10 · answer #1 · answered by jvitne 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which god you are talking about and who is presenting him. Hitler's verision of the christian god loved war and exterminating all that did not follow the religion..as Al Queda's god loves people slamming themselves into buildings and killing the infidels...but mostly the christian god of the U.S. is just kind of dormant, while not doing anything to stop war he doesn't necessarily advocate, although the christian god in the Medieval years would love people to wage wars against heretics and non-christians. In sense god is made up, god reflects the views of whoever is presenting him and is a good 'fear' tool too get more people to think like the people who are presenting him. The Roman's had a god of war, Mars...well...that reflects a typical bronze age opinion of war, as Mars is just as real as today's god, which reflects today's opinions.
2006-10-14 15:06:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Solomon said there is a time and a place for everything.
I once heard a mean-spirited woman say men fight wars because they want to play army.
Let someone like that go to war zone where women are raped,
and thier pregnant bellies are cut open. And they will know why
men fight wars.
Jesus said if someone slaps us in anger, to turn the other
cheek to him also. But He didn't say to lay down and
let someone knock all the teeth out of our mouth because
he doesn't like the way we look.
We have a God-given mind. And we need to overcome
prideful foolishness and gain some common sense regarding
the reality we live in.
2006-10-14 15:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by zenbuddhamaster 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you give people free will then confict is pretty much inevitable but even something as horrible as war has its positive sides. Some of the most genuine and commited pacifists I've met were people who had experienced war first hand.
2006-10-14 15:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the MOsaic law period, God used his special people to remove the disgusting inhabitants of the land that practiced child sacrifice, sex worship orgies, idolatry, and etc.. When the messiah came though, he told his followers to love their enemies. At Matthew 26 ; 52 he healed a mans' ear that Peter had sliced off and said " Return your sword to its place for all those who take the sword will perish by the sword."
2006-10-14 15:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by jaguarboy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God hates war, it's evil. The authorities who command war are the same ones who crucified Christ
2006-10-14 15:03:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what god you are talking about. The Biblical God loves war.
2006-10-14 14:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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.—2 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.
2006-10-14 15:28:05 · answer #8 · answered by Micah 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is for war 100%
Lets put it in your terms and call it survival of the fittest.
2006-10-14 15:00:28 · answer #9 · answered by BoredomStrikes 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Loves it!! Just read the OT and add up all the dead people from the wars he commanded. Check this link for a body count - http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/search/label/God
2006-10-14 15:18:01 · answer #10 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋