why religion should not be used as guidelines to go to war?

Question

this could be the reason to go to war/ the way of fighting a war, etc.

as in why it should not be the guidelines for war

Answer 1

khanh 102, religion is WAR...

Answer 2

Because wars are fought between men. Using religion as a guideline introduces the absurd proposition that some magical invisible spirit is on your side, helping you win.

In reality, that's just not true. Churches in America try to paint a portrait of George Bush as some sort of savior. Try telling that to the 3 year old girl in Iraq whose head was blown off the other day (all in the name of Jesus and Oil profits)

Answer 3

Religion should not be used as a guideline to go to war because it's the imperfect heart of man that causes them. I think greed and the need for dominance causes war and these people selfishly think that God backs them on it. If everyone's God backed them on their wars then the strongest God would have won already and no one would have died on that side. All nations suffer from War, there is never a winner.

Answer 4

Uh, because religion is irrational!

It wasn't religion per se, but a "religious" attitude certainly, that convinced our retarded cowboy "W" that he didn't need to concern himself with actual facts on the ground in prosecuting this war - as he famously told Pat Robertson, he didn't think there would be ANY US casualties! Not to say that the war was religiously motivated - it was all about raiding the US Treasury for his friends in the war industry. But it was partly this irrational, superstitious, willfully ignorant "religious" mentality that made it such a disaster.

Answer 5

Religion is always used during war, even when the war has a secular start.

Think about all of our military mottos. For country for God for family.

Religion is a perfect vehicle for motivating soldiers, and a perfect vehicle for justification of murder.

Answer 6

With one fell swoop of the U.S. government’s pen, Washington has hit Iran with some of the strongest U.S. unilateral sanctions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, singling out Iran’s Defense Ministry, Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and its elite Quds Force in a move that is likely to send the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear program to a new level of tension and uncertainty.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the much-anticipated move at a news conference in Washington today. They said the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush had designated the IRGC as a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction and the Quds Force as a supporter of terrorism. They said the steps aimed to punish Iran for supporting terrorism in Iraq and the Middle East, as well as for its missile sales and nuclear activities.

Rice said Iran “continues to spurn our offer of open negotiations, instead threatening peace and security by pursuing nuclear technologies that can lead to a nuclear weapon, building dangerous ballistic missiles, supporting Shi'ite militants in Iraq, and terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories." She added that Washington remains open to a “diplomatic solution.”

Answer 7

WARS OF NON RELIGIOUS killed more today, stalin an atheist, some orintial guy of china?cambodia? korea region killed their own people..because they CAN..saddam hussien did the same thing.
when christians europe and america enter the war BY FORCE..remember JAPAN attack US..it's wasn't a religious war..it was world dominance war..same with Hitler..a man who was possess by a devil..and killed himself(a coward) hide behind a mask saying.i'm christian..PERFECT WHITE MAn.there no christianity in such statement.

christianity in some of it's maturity
understand the rights of LIFE..or existance as a nation.
IF GOD wanted israel completely destroyed which had many times of it..why Jews still here? cause there is a higher purpose for them..as wlel for us..we are called the LIGHTHOUSE OF THE WORLD.and we're still not be a LIGHT of anything beyond medicrosy..work of man.is nil..work of POWER.of LOVE and SOUND TRUTH.all things are possible.
off subject..thing is, do you want to die as sheep or warriors? dies as coward or brave?
the war of USA against england with george washington..was a miracle victory..freezing soldiers, story of water warmed .and full of fishes to feed the soldiers is unheard of. bullet holes in general washington and no injuries..native iadian said..the great spirit is with him..lack of knowledge of right to life is missing..in our heritiage of cour christians america.
we tolerate other religion..except satanism here in USA..which is changing now. due to ignorance..in leaders.
muslim is a force religion..or communism government..it is a evil government equal to russia athiest government.they have no value for other poeple lives..NONE! now the world is more dangerous than world war 2. bible said.wars and rumorsof war will be sign of end time.and NOT YET..the end.
things are brewing for a war.because of jihad religion forcing their belief onto us.AND they control world OIL..that pays for their WAR against the world.

Answer 8

Religion is evil.
That is why Jesus sat with the prostitutes and the tax collectors
Jesus gave us a way to get to heaven by dying on the cross for our sins.

Answer 9

Because let's say George Bush closed his eyes, and heard the imaginary voice of Jesus... and now he is convinced that nuclear bombs are the best solution to this little religious difference we are having with the middle east.

Then again... maybe we should just let the religious folks duke it out, and we can just wait until they destroy themselves...

Answer 10

Every war ever waged has been over religion.

Not entirely over religion. But it's been a huge factor.

Answer 11

religion is the main cause, but not the only one:
territoy disputes, economic troubles, rivalry between two groups, overthrowing a ruling power

but religion has claimed more than any of those