How can Christians support the war in Iraq?
2007-02-28 23:37:51 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Did I say that ALL Christians support the war?
To be clearer, how can any Christians support a war?
2007-02-28 23:43:06 · update #1
Some background - my father-in-law is a Catholic Deacon. He is very conservative and worked in the defense industry for most of his career. Before the Iraq war he gave a homily explaining why he was opposed to the war and how it was incompatible with Christian teaching. (props to him!)
He got an incredible amount of grief from his congregation who were mostly pro-war. His pastor backed him up.
2007-02-28 23:47:32 · update #2
American Beauty, I have read all of Jesus' words in the Gospels. I consider the Sermon on the Mount to be the most unadulterated word of Jesus - the essence of his message on Earth. He also said, Love your Enemy and if someone hits you, you should turn the other cheek. So it is not like I took a phrase out of context.
2007-02-28 23:52:47 · update #3
Your question displays an illogic. You believe that because one category of person is called blessed, that the opposite category is completely wrong. Your logic does not hold. Applied to some other select elements of the sermon, Jesus said,
"Blessed are the poor in spirit." How can you support those rich in spirit?
"Blessed are they that mourn." How can you support the happy?
"Blessed are the meek." How can you support the bold?
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake." How can you support those whose religion is widely accepted?
Basic logic, because one category is bless, does not imply that the opposite of that category is not blessed. If all members of group A are also in group B, does not mean that all members not in A are also not in B.
2007-03-01 05:04:06 · answer #1 · answered by _Bogie_ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's see other verses of the good book christians live for and by...
This one should do , what do you think ?
Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)
2007-02-28 23:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are able to properly positioned that assumption in the trash barrel, document 13, deleted bin. this is a drained liberal slander against human beings they do no longer understand the 1st ingredient approximately. this is in simple terms too politically incorrect to assert approximately somebody like Ahmadenijad, chief of a muslim u . s . a ., who's searching for the return of the thirteenth Imam, or Mahdi...and the apocapalyptic end of days...yet they're going to throw it at Christians without blinking a politically maximum stunning eyelash. you be responsive to, fairly, the version between the destruction of an Iranian Nuke would be in simple terms as devastating as the different Nuke...even from so called Christian international locations. in simple terms protecting the discourse on a point enjoying field right here. Why disrespect the Christians in basic terms? there are extremely some human beings who could opt for to hasten the endgame of human historic past...as they see it enjoying out. i would not declare this is unprecedented in Christian circles, although this is an particularly infrequently spoken sentiment. Do you have any links to coach otherwise, please positioned up in case you do.
2016-10-02 03:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are happy to have a father-in-law like this.
Yes war is against Christian teachings, because we must teach about God not lead wars .We must wear a mind like the mind of God, not fashionable clothes.
But
1)not all the theorethically Christians ..are Christians.Some are still students..in having the heart of a Christian...e.g they give clothes to poor but they don't give them a house...
2)The wars across the history (of expansion, politically interests)were not led by a Christian heart...
3)Even the priests have hilled Jesus , the eternal Son of God.We understand from this that is hard to be faithfull to God.
The real Christians cry seeing what is hapenning around and isolate themselves inside this world. Because you see when somebody leads a war..they don't ask us to vote why make war or not...e.g.the war in Iraq is not mine...and there are other who are against this war... We should vote it..if there are some pro..The fact that they don't ask neither us , nor God if to make or or not, it means they are not Christians , even if they are priests .Christianity doesn't mean politics, it means to love the people , and this means war is out of question..
2007-03-01 00:37:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm a christian (meek but not weak) peacemaker and in the name of righteous defense support war if it means keeping our families and nation safe from being victimized from merciless terrorists. We were attacked...
unprovoked. Can't reason with terrorist...their mission is to kill and destroy,not negotiate with peace talks. War is a horrible reality however, if it means
fighting for the greater good understanding it will deliver solutions that in the end promotes peace and freedom.
2007-02-28 23:58:56 · answer #5 · answered by HAYLEY 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you do not stand up and fight for the helpless, then evil will see there is no one standing against them, and evil will rule the earth.
If you have the chance to stand up against a killer, and save innocents' lives from torment...would you do it? This is one question I truly struggle with as a Christian.
The Bible says "Thou shalt not kill", yet God commanded the Israelites to remove the pagans from the land he had given to them. God said blessed are the peacemakers...yet religion itself brings controversy. I believe that if you have an opportunity to save innocent lives, but have to kill a murderer, then you should kill the murderer....On the other hand know that all will be punished in the end, but what about those who do harm to so many now? I'm not paticularly worried about them being punished, but instead those who they can and will harm.
2007-02-28 23:54:21 · answer #6 · answered by Adam 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Catholic Church war is justified if it comes under certain grounds; e.g holy war or a war to stop genocide etc. However Jesus also said "Let the man who is without sin cast the first stone." This does not mean he was a pacifist, he was without sin and chose not to condemn.
2007-02-28 23:47:54 · answer #7 · answered by A-chan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said you had to obey mans rules and laws as much as possible. You had to pay your taxes for example.
Jesus also said: If the SOLDIERS ask you to carry their packs 5 miles, then carry them 10 miles!
Jesus did not say: Tell them your a pacificst and conscientious objector and can't assist war mongers.
Jesus also told his disciples to sell all they own a buy a sword. But Jesus also said those who live by the sword die by the sword.
2007-03-01 00:17:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two Part Answer:
1. HYPOCRISY
2. Big division among Christians. All kinds of different churches with differing beliefs, each claiming to be "Numero Uno". Rifts and scandals in many organized Christian denominations. With all this confusion going on, nobody can unite and focus on the skirmishes that are ruining families...everywhere.
I don't hear an outcry for peace like they used to do.
War mongerers and profiteers are now in command.
And it's all because they can't unite for causes anymore.
2007-02-28 23:49:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
To wage war on fellow humans—as so-called Christians have so often done, particularly in the 20th century—is unthinkable for genuine Christians. (James 4:1-4) True, they war against teachings that misrepresent God, but this warfare is designed to help individuals, not to harm them. To persecute others because of religious differences or to inflict physical harm for nationalistic reasons stands in sharp contrast with true Christianity. “If possible, as far as it depends upon you,” Paul instructed Christians in Rome, “be peaceable with all men.”—Romans 12:17-19; 2 Timothy 2:24, 25.
Jesus said: “By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.” (John 13:35) Such love reaches across racial, social, and national boundaries, drawing people together in genuine brotherhood. So strong is this love that it sets them apart as being truly different. When the nations go to war, who have enough love for their Christian brothers in other lands that they refuse to take up arms and kill them? That is what early Christians did.
2007-02-28 23:44:42 · answer #10 · answered by papa G 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋