Many Christians actually support the war on terror?

Question

How is this possible?Did not Christ say "turn the other cheek"..."father ,forgive them they know not what they do" and "blessed are the meek".........?

Father K .......even accepting your premise.The war in Afghanistan and Iraq was launched by 9/11 which killed less than 3000 people .WE have been directly or indirectly responsible for upwards of 300,000 ,thereby contravening rule 4.

Answer 1

Religion allows us to live under laws of man.

Stopping evil men in whatever way possible from killing innocent people with suicide bombs has nothing to do with religion.

Answer 2

The Fifth Commandment forbids the intentional destruction of human life. Because of the evils and injustices that accompany all war, the Church insistently urges everyone to prayer so that the divine Goodness may free us from the ancient bondage of war (CCC 2307). Thus, all citizens and all governments are obliged to work for the avoidance of war (CCC 2308).

The legitimate defense of persons and societies is not an exception to the prohibition against the murder of the innocent that constitutes intentional killing. The act of self-defense can have a double effect: the preservation of one’s own life; and the killing of the aggressor…The one is intended, the other is not (CCC 2263). However, the Fifth Commandment forbids doing anything with the intention of indirectly bringing about a person’s death without grave reason (see CCC 2269).

Unintentional killing is not morally imputable. But one is not exonerated from grave offense if, without proportionate reasons, he has acted in a way that brings about someone’s death, even without the intention to do so (CCC 2269).

Legitimate defense cannot only be a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another’s life (CCC 2265). Preserving the common good of society requires rendering the aggressor unable to inflict harm (CCC. 2266). The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and the same time:

1. The damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave and certain;

2. All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;

3. There must be serious prospects of success; and,

4. The use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.

These are the traditional elements enumerated in what the Church calls the “Just War” doctrine (see CCC 2309). This doctrine was first introduced by St. Augustine in the fourth century, and later refined by St. Thomas Aquinas in the Middle Ages.

Answer 3

A lot of christiaNazis support the US's terrorist war against islam because it gives them an excuse to "invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to christianity" as Ann-orexic Coulter once farted out of its mouth.

Read this bunch of loons. The actively seek to enter what they call the "10-40 window" (countries near the equator that are not christianazis) so they can proselytize.

http://www.centralpc.org/prayer/pray3.htm

Honesty is clearly not something they believe in; these are the twits who get their heads cut off while proselytizing in islamic countries, then lie and say they didn't (eg. the morons in Afghanistan, the Korean in Iraq, etc.)

If they go where they're not wanted and get their heads chopped off, they shouldn't complain.


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Answer 4

St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas wrote extensively about the "Just War Theory" This is a well-thought-out theorum in which certain conditions for the legitimate exercise of force, all of which must be met:

1. the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;

2. all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;

3. there must be serious prospects of success;

4. the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.

Answer 5

Remember the crusades? They're back!

A lot of people see this as conflicts vs faiths. Each side thinks they're the true faith and they are willing to kill or be killed in order to prove that point. It's not right. But, that's how it usually works out.

Not all Christians or Muslims feel this way. Don't be fooled by the bad press overkill. If you really want a fair picture, visit a local church and a local Mosque. Get your own facts.

Answer 6

True Christians obey Jesus' instructions.They don't go to war for any reason. And they do not support wars; they remain neutral. Jesus said his followers are no part of the world. John 15:19

To a true Christian, NO war is just.

Answer 7

True but it's time for the meek to kick a ss and take names.

Answer 8

They separate their religion from their day to day lives. Ultimately they consider themselves Americans. That is, as long as they have gas in the tank and enough money to buy their plasma TV's.

Answer 9

It's as simple as this: most Christians are Republicans, and vote accordingly

Answer 10

In that case, the whole world would simply blow itself up!!!!!!!
I'm a Christian for a just war, and this one is, if there ever was one.