ok christians who support the war?

Question

how come u believe in thou shalt not kill yet u support a war thats killing thousands?? also how come u believe that when "god" kills ppl all the time in the bible i mean he flooded the freaking earth and destroyed sodom and gamora? and also u might say its cause they were sinning so he was allowed to but does that mean he gave them the right to kill innocent ppl over there b/c they are sinning? and im honestly not trying to offend anyone i just want to hear another persons point of view

ok i do realize that theres atheist who support the war too but they arnt the ones who "obey" the ten commandments now are they?

and ok it might be thou shalt not murder but ok its the same thing right? sending our ppl over there is basically murder and having them kill ppl whether it be shooting them blowing em up etc... is in fact murder

Answer 1

on september 11th over 3000 people were MURDERED. what about those innocent people? what did they do that day that condemned them to death? have the terrorists stepped foot on our soil since? have they taken any more innocent lives on our soil since? nope. i personally don't want to fight them over here. do you? God bless every single man and woman in our armed forces. God bless them for serving our country and defending everyone's right to live life as they see fit, to say what they want, to worship who they want, to become educated if they so choose.
proud sister of a navy man, proud daughter of an air force man :)

God bless you Ms. Lady!

Answer 2

If you know that much about the Bible, you know that when King David fought against other people, God would direct him to kill all, men, women, children, and livestock and burn all belongings. Other times they were allowed to make the survivors their slaves and take as reward all valuables. Does this help you to understand? God is God. We can't tell him what is right or wrong. War is necessary and has been since the beginning. The reason to kill even the "innocent" as you say, is to wipe out their corrupt culture, although that won't happen. "Innocents" die on each side of a war, always have and always will. You either support your country or consider moving to a new one.

Answer 3

1) There is a big difference between "thou shalt not kill" (which the Commandment does NOT say)....and "thou shalt do no murder" (which is what the Hebrew Scriptures DO say.)

2) Now, while I personaly do not find the Iraqi battlefront on the war on Islamo-Fascist Terrorism to meet ALL of the following criteria...I do believe in the theory of a "Just War":

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.

According to St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine, there are ligitimate reasons for fighting a "Just War".

And, in the current context of fighting an enemy that will not stop until they have killed all of us....the war on Islamic Terror is Just.

Answer 4

i'm no longer asserting that the Iraq conflict specially grow to be top or incorrect, yet frequently it quite is accessible to make a Christian case for status up against evil. undergo in ideas that all human beings is going to die, so in a single experience the way you die is beside the point. From an eternal attitude all that concerns is what happens once you die. contained meanwhile, God has given us a mandate for looking after the international, for populating the international, and for residing in united states of america-communities. God instructed Noah that murderers could be carried out. which you are able to loosley interpret as - people who don't decide to stay in community should not be allowed to ruin it for each guy or woman else. using this manner of reasoning, it quite is extremely worry-free to justify combating human beings like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot from inflicting untold distress for thousands and thousands.

Answer 5

I'm not sure where I stand on the war, but I would like to point out that the Bible says "thou shalt not murder", not "thou shalt not kill".

God gives life and God can take it away when it's being abused. That's part of his righteous nature. :)

Answer 6

Well God created the world and everything in it and all around it. He created people to fellowship with, if you had a dog that bit the hell out of you every time you came home do you feel it would be an intelligent thing to reward it for mauling you every time it had an opportunity?

Answer 7

I don't believe in any war except Armagedon which by the way is due by 2020. Thats when the antichrist will be 19 years old. And Jesus Christ will be 19 years old. I may be earlier. I'm ready!!! I'm looking forward to be with Jesus Christ on the winning side.

I take it that no one reads the KJV Bible....It says Thou Shalt Not Kill. Now, I understand the not murder part. I'll leave it to God to explain it to me.

Answer 8

There is a difference between killing and murder. And as others have said, it says murder, not kill. I believe war is sometimes necessary, and that it has to happen.

Answer 9

I'm a christian in the military. trust me, we don't think about the political side of war. we do what we signed up for.

second..it's thou shall not murder. i have not murdered anyone. if anything..i have protected myself as well as the other service men and women out there.

God does not hate me and nor does He condone me for serving my country.

Answer 10

Look up the "domino theory."

We put Saddam in power. We gave him arms, munitions and trained his troops to fight Iran all because he promised not to be communist.

We were wrong.

Now we are fixing that mistake. The blood of the Kurds is on American hands. It has to stop.