Im not slaging off the army Im just wondering if the killing in war clause still works if you volunteer to go and kill.
2007-01-06 20:48:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're missing the point of military service. People in the military are not there to kill, but to defend a country. In the best of worlds, a strong military is a deterrent to would-be aggressors. Unfortunately, that's not the world we live in today.
While fighting what is (in my opinion) an unjust war, there is killing going on ... on both sides. Today, one needs to determine what the point of one's service is. If the point is to maintain a strong military, and defend the country agains all enemies, foreign and domestic (as is in the oath every serviceman (or woman) takes) then I think one can do so with dignity. If, on the other hand, your reasoning is to "see some action", then perhaps your motives are less than sterling.
That, though, is the determining factor ... motive.
I served in the Army National Guard, the USAF, and the Air National Guard. I served during this current war, before being discharged for medical reasons. I don't agree with the war, but I have many friends still serving. I wholeheartedly support them, while disagreeing with the war. If it were permitted, I would still be serving, while disagreeing with the administration. My job was in communications; insuring that aircraft could communicate with people on the ground, as well as ground communications.
The deal is that our president chose to start this war, and as the commander in chief, his orders must legally be obeyed. For the military to decide "this isn't just, we'll quit", would turn the entire country upside down and leave us even more vulnerable that we are.
The other side of the coin is that not all people share my opinion of an unjust war. Many such are in the military, and are doing what they believe to be right. The oath that a military person takes allows one to not act on a patently unjust order, and indeed, obeying an unjust order when it is obviously so is a crime. Deploying to Iraq is not an unjust order; nor is defending oneself when attacked.
In a legal sense, you are not responsible for such a death. In a moral sense, only you can decide. In a religious sense, it depends on your faith.
2007-01-06 21:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the earth morally responsible for the people killed with rocks? If you answer this question no then the only logical answer is no. EVERY tool can be used as a weapon. A firearm is nothing more than a tool-no better, no worse than the user. An inanimate object cannot hurt anyone with out an outside force. If you are taking a business ethics course I must assume that you have had a physics class. An inanimate object cannot violate the laws of physics. What needs to be remembered is that there is evil in this world. Punish criminals, not businesses.
2016-05-23 02:27:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nazis were not allowed to claim innocence because they were just followng orders. Why do soliders, in Iraq for example, think they can claim the same?
You kill, you suffer the consequences. Maybe not in this life becuase as we all know, "might is right", but there have to be consequences when the strong take advantage of the weak.
If you are only interested in the consequences of this life. The US is strong, so you will suffer zero consequences.
2007-01-06 21:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you volunteer for the army you are volunteering to fight for your country. If you kill someone their blood is on the country, not you. So you're not responsible for the death that you cause, your country and the other country are.
2007-01-06 20:56:56 · answer #4 · answered by Drea C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Members of the armed forces don't define killing in a war as murder. They are defending the freedom of their country and it comes under a totally different colored umbrella. See, the commander is responsible for ordering the mayhem. Get it? (I'm just sayin' .........)
2007-01-06 20:56:30 · answer #5 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are responsible for the death, but God will still let you in Heaven, cause the person still lives on in the spirit body.
2007-01-06 20:54:42 · answer #6 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you are responsible but if you do it according to orders from your CO then you are not held accountable. It is lawful.
You are accountable only for that which you do in violation to law.
I Cr 13;8a
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2007-01-06 20:53:04 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repentance is still needed...I worked in an office and it was still disturbing to me that everything I was typing was all about war!!!
2007-01-06 20:51:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you point a gun and shoot you are responsible for the consequences.
2007-01-06 20:53:36 · answer #9 · answered by Pilgrim 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋