Can TRUE Christians go to War and kill, or support War?

Question

I'm not religious- just curious.
In war, soldiers kill enemy soldiers and sometimes innocent people in the way. It happens- it's war. That being said, how can Christians go to war and still be considered good Christian person?

I'm sure God doesn't want his followers to kill people- regardless of what their government wants them to do. I'm also sure that followers of the religion are supposed to know that their GOD decides when people die- people shouldn't have that decision, it should be in the hands of their creator.

So, even though I'm not religious, how can you religious people say that war is good when soldiers kill others- therefore deciding when those 'enemies' will end their lives?

Answer 1

No. TRUE Christians listen and obey the words of Jesus. At Matt. 5:44, he said: "However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those persecuting you."

John 13:34, 35: "I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that YOU also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.”

TRUE Christians are already doing what was prophesied at Isa. 2:4: "And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore."

No TRUE Christian will go to war and kill for ANY reason. NO war is a just war.

Answer 2

Should Christians Go To War

Answer 3

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Can TRUE Christians go to War and kill, or support War?
I'm not religious- just curious.
In war, soldiers kill enemy soldiers and sometimes innocent people in the way. It happens- it's war. That being said, how can Christians go to war and still be considered good Christian person?

I'm sure God doesn't want his followers to kill...

Answer 4

I'm not saying that the Iraq war in particular was right or wrong, but in general it is possible to make a Christian case for standing up against evil. Remember that everyone is going to die, so in one sense the way you die is irrelevant. From an eternal point of view all that matters is what happens after you die. in the meantime, God has given us a mandate for looking after the world, for populating the world, and for living in nation-communities. God told Noah that murderers should be executed. Which you could loosley interpret as - those that do not want to live in community should not be allowed to spoil it for everyone else. Using this kind of reasoning, it is quite easy to justify stopping people like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot from causing untold misery for millions.

Answer 5

True christianity is a communion with God,so there is no justification to be involved in the wars created by the ruler of this ungodly world for his own amusement. How many True Christians exist in the 7billion that we are said to be?

Answer 6

True Christians that truly follow Jesus, would not go to war and kill another human being.

Say in World War II, the Americans and British are fighting the Germans. Don't you think that many were of the same faith, say Catholic Americans and Catholic Germans. Would they be acting as a true christian? Jesus said you would know his followers because of the love among themselves. Then he told us to love our enemies. That would embrace everyone else.

I don't think there is anyway to justify going to war as a Christian. A Christian should also be no part of the world, going to war is not staying neutral in the worlds affairs.

Answer 7

I have never heard anyone say that " war is good", but I believe there are times when war is justified. World war two is an excellent example. If America hadn't entered that war, there's a good chance we'd all be speaking German right now. While it's hard to say"God loves you and I love you" just prior to blowing someone's head off, national defense is an appropriate context for war.

Answer 8

Why just soldiers? What about police officers who sometimes need to use deadly force to save either their own life, or the lives of others? Do you think that it is ALWAYS immoral for a religious person to ever use force?

The short answer is that both the Old and New Testaments expressly say that the government has the right to use force to enforce justice.

Bishop Augustine gave a rather long discussion of this very topic; his philosophy is often called the "Just War" doctrine (or theory). It explores the circumstances about how, when, and where a Christian can go to war, and what the limits should be, and for what reasons, and still consider himself to be moral. Most western countries seem to the general gist of what Stain Augustine said, as his philosophy seems to form the basis of such international agreements as the Geneva and Hague conventions.

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"Just war" is a specific concept of how warfare might be justified, typically in accordance with a particular situation, or scenario, and expanded or supported by reference to doctrine, tradition, or historical commentary. The tradition began in the ancient Greek society, and was later developed by a number of Christian theologians. The just war tradition includes a great variety of thinkers who advocate different ways of employing shared concepts (just cause, good intentions, proportionality, discrimination, etc.) for purposes of ethical reflection and judgment about the use of force, and the tradition has been expanded to include non-traditional forms of warfare, such as guerrilla war and humanitarian interventions....

Answer 9

InlovewithChirst, answerer right above, what New Testament are you reading?

How do you explain this passage in Matthew 5:38-39 said by Christ himself....

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Answer 10

I don't know why Christians (Or any other religious group) put biblical scriptures in their answer in making a point to a Atheist..Hello... they don't believe in the bible. So when you are quoting the bible to them,, You are not making a valid point in their eyes. Just answer the damn question without speaking in tongues. It says in the bible that Killing is a sin.. So.. when you go to war for George Bush.. you are killing.. You are not fighing for god, you are fighting for a government.And it just so happens that almost all Repulicans are Christian or Cathorlic or whatever. Religion and Repulicans go hand and hand.. So when we go to war, religious people rationalize how they are fighting for their country and.. I don't know. I don't understand. I wish people would just stand up and not be ambigious with their answers.. Plain and simple. It is a sin. So by definition in the bible, they are sinning. But I guess they can just repent and all is well and they go to heaven.