Why?........please answer?

Question

why do some christians or churches support war? the bible says to hate what god hates......so that would mean hating war...wouldnt it?

Answer 1

god is a killing machine - read the bible

Answer 2

Why are there so many different churches?

People treat religion as à la carte . Pick some of this, a little of that, none of the other. They go to churches which believe as they want to believe. So if a person is pro war, they go to a pro war church. Anti gay - an anti gay church.


If there is a god, and I very much doubt it, then it is table d'hôte. You accept everything or nothing. But people do not want that.

Answer 3

This is a simple question if you understand the basics of Two Kingdom theology, which is very biblical.

In short, Two Kingdom theology states that God has sovereignty & works both in His left-hand secular Kingdom & His right-hand heavenly Kingdom, but in two *different* ways: In His left-hand Kingdom it is through the civil government to keep law & order by the sword. This occurs inside of a country via police officers, jailers, legislators, judges, etc. etc. & outside the country to protect the country via military & in certain cases war, etc. But God also has sovereignty & works in His right-hand Kingdom, the Church to distribute His grace & mercy via His Word & Sacrament. This occurs when the Church preaches Law & Gospel along with acts of relief, kindness & mercy to others.

No one can deny, that a Christian is a citizen of both the left-hand & right-hand Kingdoms. They can't stop being a citizen of a country because they are a citizen of the Church, otherwise all Christians would have to become monks & nuns of sorts. And they don't have to stop being a citizen of the Church because they are a citizen of a country. How do they reconcile the *seeming* contradictions of what each one demands? Simple it's not a contradiction. If God works in both Kingdoms in two different ways, so do Christians.

It is true that God hates unjust war. But Christians are free to engage in just wars; to fight for the ideals of their country which *ultimately* protect human rights (see Ten Commandments, Exodus 2). They do this as part of their citizenship of a country working in God's left-hand Kingdom to protect the civilians of his country (and perhaps others) from the unjust attacks of those outside the country. At the same time, as citizens of the right-hand kingdom, they are freed to grant grace & mercy to others in word, thought & deed because of the grace & mercy God has given to them as sinners, by telling about God's Law (the bad news) & Gospel (the good news) & doing good deeds for their neighbor.

I think the articles at the link below will help you to understand this theology of Two Kingdoms better; as it applies to different aspects of people's lives:

Answer 4

As most wars throughout history use the church or religion as an excuse, I don't think you should be wondering about the church and war. Even GWB stoops to using religion in his quest to dominate any other country.

Answer 5

I'm atheist, but I'm pretty sure in your fairy tale book aka the bible, god sends people to war....see this is why i don't believe in that crap b/c the book runs in circles. In one instance it says to turn the other cheek, then it says to go slaughter an entire country of innocent (non believers)...stupid book

Answer 6

Because people can eaisly be tempted by the power winning/supporting a war can manifest.

Answer 7

I guess not all churches are interpreting God's word like they say they are, huh?

Answer 8

I think that it has to do with another religion wanting us to suffer. Why do people forget that so easily? GEEEEEEZ!