If your country goes to war with another country and they conscript you, would you go?
If both countries have believers in the exact same faith as you, would you kill them for national pride?
Would you kill fellow believers if they were from the enemy nation?
Would you face death to refrain from war?
Serious answers please...
2007-12-17 12:55:37 · 14 answers · asked by Juggernaut 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would not fight. I would prefer to be imprisoned or executed, rather than agreeing to murder others.
2007-12-17 13:01:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
What does the belief of another country have to do with it?
As an atheist, I refrain from taking any life, all life is precious. Whether or not the other country believes as I do, does not take away from the value of their life.
Is this how christian's think? They only value a life, based on their faith. How sick.
2007-12-17 21:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If my country went to war and I felt the reason for going to war was justified. I would go and do my duty to country. If that meant killing someone who shared the same faith as me I would do so.
However, if I beleived that the reasons for going to war were not moral I would not under any conditions take up arms.
2007-12-17 21:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by walkerga13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would, but only after I looked at the entire situation and compared it to the centuries-old "Just War Doctrine" of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas.
I would only go and fight if the following criteria were met:
A just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified.
A war is just only if it is waged by a legitimate authority. Even just causes cannot be served by actions taken by individuals or groups who do not constitute an authority sanctioned by whatever the society and outsiders to the society deem legitimate.
A just war can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. For example, self-defense against an armed attack is always considered to be a just cause (although the justice of the cause is not sufficient--see point #4).
Further, a just war can only be fought with "right" intentions: the only permissible objective of a just war is to redress the injury.
A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success. Deaths and injury incurred in a hopeless cause are not morally justifiable.
The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace. More specifically, the peace established after the war must be preferable to the peace that would have prevailed if the war had not been fought.
The violence used in the war must be proportional to the injury suffered. States are prohibited from using force not necessary to attain the limited objective of addressing the injury suffered.
The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war, and every effort must be taken to avoid killing civilians. The deaths of civilians are justified only if they are unavoidable victims of a deliberate attack on a military target.
If those conditions are met...then - sign me up!
2007-12-17 21:01:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It depends. If we went to war in self-defense, then I would go to War to protect my family and my country.
If we were the ones starting the War, I'd probably try to escape into another country, like in "The Sound of Music."
2007-12-17 21:07:01 · answer #5 · answered by Professor Cuddles III 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a war coming most likely within the next 12 months.
2007-12-17 21:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by Todd P 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IT would depend on the reason for the war. If I believed the reasons were just, then I would go. If I believed the reasons were unjust, then I would face death if necessary. Beliefs of either side would not matter to me.
2007-12-17 21:08:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nazi Germany proclaimed itself as a Christian nation. But the reality is that anyone can proclaim themselves as Christian. Their action was that of enslaving other nations and I don't think any American found that to be particularly Christian.
If someone is breaking into my house to rob me and yells don't shoot, I'm a Christian, there is going to be a gunshot (my gun) anyway. If this robber was a Christian, he would WANT to be stopped even if it meant killing him.
2007-12-18 05:37:12 · answer #8 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know and i hope i never will. By the grace of God i will never have to make this choice. No war is good war.
2007-12-17 21:09:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Serving in one's national army in a time of war is not a moral crime, even when one is asked to kill others regardless of their faith. God never forbids killing in armed combat, but He does forbid murder.
2007-12-17 21:00:26 · answer #10 · answered by Ryan H 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wars kill people just like you. I should say war is you killing people, just like you.
2007-12-17 21:00:53 · answer #11 · answered by punch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋