When SO-CALLED Christians KILL Members of THEIR (OWN)RELIGION in the Name of Nationalism as in Both World Wars can THEIR RELIGION Be "THE TRUTH" ? ? ?
2007-09-20 15:44:31 · 17 answers · asked by . 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NOBODY is Answering the Question which is " How Can They Be Members of THE (TRUE) RELIGION; when they Behave in such an UNCHRISTIAN MANNER" ! ! !
2007-09-20 16:19:22 · update #1
How about this one? Why did the pope declare Hitler's birthday a holiday for all catholics in 1939? How could a christian organization possibly do something like that? And how could christian followers possibly accept it?
2007-09-20 15:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Christianity itself is the perfect Truth. People, on the other hand, are imperfect. Thus, they will err from time to time. It should be noted that the act of becoming a soldier and fighting in a war may not necessarily be immoral. What if it is a war of self-defense? In war, there can be fighting good guys. Christianity is not synonymous with pacifism. While there is nothing wrong with being a Christian pacifist, Christianity does recognize when there is a legitimate cause to fight for. If a Christian chooses to take up arms in a legit fight, there's nothing wrong with that.
2016-05-19 22:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War and religion are separate issues. That members of a religion kill members of the same religion is not what determines the validity of that religion anymore than a Republican voting for abortion rights means that all Republicans are for abortion.
The acts of individuals in an organization do not necessarily reflect upon the validity of the entire organization.
2007-09-20 15:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
This question needs to be answered in two parts, defense and offense.
+ Defensive War +
Almost all Christians believe it is morally acceptable to defend oneself, one's family, and one's nation.
Catholics use rigerous consideration in the “just war” doctrine to determine if defense by military force is legitimate.
Offensive war is never justified.
All the following considerations must be true to justify war:
1. The damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
2. All other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
3. There must be serious prospects of success;
4. The use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated.
Fighting against the invading armies of Germany and its allies fulfills the requirement of a just war.
+ Offensive War +
As previously mentioned, offensive war is never justified.
But the culpability of individual soldiers is questionable.
What is an young German who was drafted into the Hitler youth and then into the German army supposed to do? If he refuses to follow orders then he will be shot.
A similar circumstance goes for U.S. soldiers who volunteered for the just defensive war against Afghanistan but then were ordered to fight in the unjust offensive war against Iraq.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2309: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2art5.htm
With love in Christ.
2007-09-20 16:45:34 · answer #4 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Take into consideration that neither WWI or WWII were religious wars. So how can this be compared with killing your "own" religion, in a nonreligious war, everyone is equal. It is no different than protecting your own home, regardless of who is attempting to enter it.
2007-09-20 15:51:12 · answer #5 · answered by julvrug 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know of a Christian who did not feel remorse in killing another Christian in a political war. I've not been in this situation personally, but I imagine Christians on both sides of a conflict see things in the enemy in general that they believe are deserving of war and the killing that goes with it.
Be careful not to overgeneralize on this subject. The reasons why people go to war are many and complex.
2007-09-20 15:50:28 · answer #6 · answered by chdoctor 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The fighting is within the body flesh action through the dectates of the devil. Anyway catholics and protestants and not true religion and not true christian people.
jtm
2007-09-20 15:50:24 · answer #7 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
World Wars I and II had nothing to do with religion so the fact that people were fighting and dyings does not say anything about religion.
2007-09-20 15:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by William D 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
religion, well i guess it's true, but humans are changing it, actually nowadays, as i observed, it's not God who rule among us, it's just US, we do and believe whatever we want, we even uses His name as an alibi
>> not the religious type, but all i want is peace peace peace, not divisions
2007-09-20 16:22:14 · answer #9 · answered by jet09 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WW1 and WW2 had nothing to do with religion. They had to do with power and greed.
I would say that the folks who were the creators of those two wars demonstrated by their action they were not followers of Christ.
2007-09-20 15:49:15 · answer #10 · answered by TEK 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋