When soldiers kill do u think they go to heaven or to hell?

Question

I am curious. i don't think anything will justify one killing another human being, but then there's self defense. what do u think?

Answer 1

i think it is best just to think of heaven as a place for everyone....maybe eventually .....might take some longer than others.

i think hell would be having to live with the memory of killing someone.

Answer 2

Since you mention heaven and hell, I guess it's okay for me apply Christianity here. Remember Matthew 8, Mark 15 and Luke 7 which talked about the faith of the centurion. Jesus said concerning the centurion "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. " A centurion was a Roman commander of 100 soldiers.

Jesus did not make a condemnation of the centurion, rather he proclaimed the centurion's faith. All that to say, it is not necessary true that a soldier will go to hell for killing in duty. God is the judge of that.

Answer 3

President Bush alone will answer to God for every life that has been lost in this war.
When a soldier kills,he is obeying these in authority so it is those in authority who will answer to God, not the soldier.
This is how God ordained it.
God said to obey those who have the rule over you and he said to submit for God's sake to authority.
If a soldier kills just for killings sake, then HE will answer, but when in obedience to command by the president, it is the president God will call to answer.
Every soldier is innocent before God, only the Commander in Chief will be called to answer to God.
On heaven or hell? Jesus said no man will enter the kingdom of heaven UNLESS he is born again.
Being a soldier has nothing to do with it.

Answer 4

If I had to say, I would say both. The men that fight and die, do so for so many reasons. Dying for one's country I doubt is any sort of case for going to heaven. But military and the afterlife make strange partners. Consider the Crusades, men who fought and died for their religion; invaded a peaceful people and slaughtered thousands upon thousands of innocents, all in the name of god. But the Pope had told them personally, if you do this, you will go to heaven. Same issue with Muslims today, most fight and die (suicide bombing included) being told that they will go to heaven for killing infidels. You tell me.
To me it seems that the only soldiers that could get into heaven are those that fought and died not only for something they believed in, but also only if they were forced to fight, given absolutely no other choice. Our boys in Iraq had another choice, they could have never enlisted.

Answer 5

Any answer you get is going to be depended upon on what set of religious rules you are referring too.

In the christian concepts, all sins are forgiven if yo accept Jesus. Therefor, if the person who killed was a believer, the sin of killing would be washed away.

Different religions see it different ways. Most have provisions for self defense.

Frankly though, all killing in war is self defense. Political ideas mean nothing when a bullet passes by your head.

Answer 6

I used to know an old guy who'd been a Hungarian tank commander on the Russian front during the war. I asked him about it once.

"Sort of fun, actually, killing a hundred Russian mounted cavalry before breakfast." He paused a moment, then frowned. "Then they got the T34. That took a lot of the fun out of it."

Of course, he's in heaven now.

Answer 7

My son, who has served two tours in Iraq during Iraqi Freedom, would definitely NOT go to hell for killing anybody over there, even though, in fact, he didn't kill anyone anyway. Now, if a Nazi soldier who was fully aware of the anti-semitic "goings-on" of Hitler and gang, still "enlisted" as a member of the infamous "SS", then hell might be his future, but there clearly is a blessing for those who kill in "self defense", and that term is used in a much broader scale than just in a one-on-one encounter where each "participant" was directly threatened with death. Old Testament study will show you MANY times where God not only condoned killing in war, but promoted it, directed it, and was directly involved in getting it done. And, as Jesus said, "I've not come here to overrule the Old Testament, but to fulfill it". So, "justification", as you put it, isn't even needed. It's a blessing to be able to do so in certain settings, as in WWII, WWI and Iraqi Freedom, Desert Storm, Vietnam, Korea, the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina, and plenty of other wars. I once had a former Nazi soldier as a History professor and he said that when they discovered what Hitler was doing to the Jews, he and many others took their "freedom train" from Portugal to Argentina to escape Hitler's warring ways. I find it hard to believe that this soldier turned professor didn't know about Hitler's anti-Jewish ways, but, that's not for me to judge since I wasn't there, but, there are different situations, and so your blanket ruling won't suffice in such a broad scope of human endeavour, however viscious it may be. God Bless you.

Answer 8

I would like to sing "Love Vigilantes" by New Order to anwer your question:

la-La-LA-LA-La-la
"Oh I've just come
From the land of the sun
From a war that must be won
In the name of truth
With our soldiers so brave
your freedom we will save
With our rifles and grenades
And some help from God
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

You just can't believe
The joy I did recieve
When I finally got my leave
And I was going home
Oh I flew through the sky
my convictions could not lie
For my country I would die
And I will see it soon
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see

When I walked through the door
My wife she lay upon the floor
And with tears her eyes were sore
I did not know why
Then I looked into her hand
And I saw the telegram
That said that I was a brave, brave man
But that I was dead
I want to see my family
My wife and child waiting for me
I've got to go home
I've been so alone, you see"

Answer 9

When soldiers kill in the line of duty in defense of their unit and their country, they are not condemned by the Lord. If they murder, however, as has been differentiated, they take upon themselves that terrible sin and will face the consequences in the hereafter.

Answer 10

I think if they kill and enjoy it, it is wrong, but if they kill to protect the nation and their families it is right. Even if I'm wrong, God will forgive you if you repent of your sins.