that it means thy shelt not murder so it is fine to go to war, infact it is a Christian tradition to go to war, just look at the lsralites.
Okay fine, so what if a few million murderers got together, elected a president and made a flag? Would that free them from being murderers and could they then go to war and kill other people without breaking the Christian law of thy shelt not kill?
2007-01-04 22:17:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the end it's all about who's doing the killing and who's getting killed. Ain't it neat how the Ten Commandments were written on rubber and can be stretched to cover almost anything? Yep no moral dilemmas here.
2007-01-04 22:22:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
look, I am not a fan of christianity, but as a former Christian who studied the bible more than 30 years, i understand how they think.
the bible commands the individual not to murder. The bible does make a clear distinction between individuals and governments. It gives the governmenents power to make decisions of war and killing criminals, and does not dissaprove of Christians approving. But at the same time it forbids the individual beleiver to take things in their own hands.
We need laws, we need methods of enforcing those laws, we need protection from outside forces. I will not say whether or not I beleive each war and each death for crimes is right, but we must have some sort of saftey. I don't agree with everything, but I just try to stay out of trouble myself. I can only control me.
2007-01-04 22:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you're misinterpreting things. That's because you're oversimplifying things.
It is not always fine to go to war. In fact, most of the time, it is not okay to go to war.
In Christian thought, a war -- if it is to be undertaken -- must be a just one.
That means, among other things, that its purpose must be just -- self defense, for instance, or the liberation of people from oppression.
It also means that all other means of resolving the problem, whatever it is, must have been tried and exhausted.
Also, combatants must conduct themselves in a certain way -- not killing civilians deliberately, not killing enemy combatants who are defenseless or trying to surrender, and so on.
War is serious business. It's the last cruel option. But sometimes, it must be done.
Remember, it was war that stopped Hitler. It was war that stopped the Imperial Japanese, whose atrocities were in many ways just as bad as Hitler's.
And it was war that freed 29 million people from a brutal dictator named Saddam. This happened after 12 years, 16 UN resolutions, and countless other peaceful attempts to deal with that guy.
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2007-01-04 22:24:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The reasons for going to war were really different. those days wars were not only about conquering land but remember the crusades.
My personal opinion is that you should avoid killing as much as possible. IN Islam you are only allowed to kill to defend yourself from being murdered and incase of war. But the example of the prophet mohammad SAW is that kill as few as possible and never be the first to attack .you should not go looking for trouble. His example was that instead of killing the men captured during war he would set them free after they paid a certain amount of money or if they were unable to then they had to teach the muslims for a certain amount of time (educate them)
2007-01-04 22:32:05 · answer #4 · answered by tennis*star 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many Christians that do not believe it is all right to go to war or serve in the military. Christians groups like the Quakers, the Mennonites, the Brethren, the Amish are typically pacifist and do not believe in Christians participating in armed conflicts.
I am a Christian and I find it hard to justify going to war when Jesus specifically said to "turn the other cheek" and "love your enemies", etc.
god bless
2007-01-04 22:25:28 · answer #5 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It says thou shalt not KILL. The christians are just twisting the words to suit their attitudes. This is common in christianity. Just look at what they believe now and compare it to what Jesus taught. It is almost opposite
2007-01-04 22:22:23 · answer #6 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As you have correctly said, (at last a sensible quote), "Thou shalt do no murder", The *president* is already elected in office, (satan not Bush) and they kill and maim every day in this world. There is more than one way to *kill* someone. One can do it with their tongue with what they say about and to others. They also have a vice president, the ACLU.
2007-01-04 22:25:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ex Head 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is for the followers but, the leaders are the ones who cause religion violence and killing for God. No religion leader will become a suicide bomber, they will always encourage a follower to do it. Thou shalt not kill? Over 100 million killed in the name of God.
2007-01-04 22:26:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is an excellent statement; I agree with what you say. I guess humans just follow their basic instincts, and find weird solutions to the contradictions between what they pretend they believe in and what they really do. This is the case for all religions, not specifically for christians.
2007-01-04 22:21:46 · answer #9 · answered by Kalel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ten commandments were given to show us that we are sinful
we are not perfect you may have never and may never kill anyone but you are still guilty of breaking the law and insomuch are guilty of all, you are looking at others to justify yourself and thats not going to fly jack.
2007-01-04 22:28:27 · answer #10 · answered by thankuberry 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋