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How can one kill in a War and still follow their religion?
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religion is made for many people.
In order to go against a rule of the religion a particle of a that religion must be isolated to serve the needs of the religion.
Such particle of society is a group of people or one person.
They kill to serve the need of a religion, they than die.
The religion goals are met, whereas none of the laws are broken...the group of people are dead.
It is a society Apoptosis mechanism. Cell kills itself if it detects cancer to save other cells.
In order to go against a rule of the religion a particle of a that religion must be isolated to serve the needs of the religion.
Such particle of society is a group of people or one person.
They kill to serve the need of a religion, they than die.
The religion goals are met, whereas none of the laws are broken...the group of people are dead.
It is a society Apoptosis mechanism. Cell kills itself if it detects cancer to save other cells.
Since when do cancer cells commit suicide? Also, I'm not talking about the dead soldier, but the one who kills and survives the war.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5284850.stm
Since when do cancer cells commit suicide? Also, I'm not talking about the dead soldier, but the one who kills and survives the war.
Depends on the religion, but if your a christian it should be a serious moral conflict especially if the people you are fighting would have otherwise not even had any effect on your life
Interesting article. But, back to the soldier with guilt over killing.
it is synonymous with the soldier's action.
Yes. It is a very serious conflict. How is it resolved? Obviously, many Christians have killed in wars, and yet their Christian societies want them to. Is this an inherent weakness of Christianity, or strength?
obviously a strength.
Power is everything.
Very simple. Tell him it was sanctioned by his god.
its a huge weakness if you really believe in the teachings of christ.
Why is power everything?
it is what allows beliefs to be casted with the most effect possible.
So, you believe we have very little say over our beliefs?
yes
In the old testament there are very mixed messages about killing--on the one hand "thou shalt not kill" but on the other hand God is constantly commanding the Israelites to kill people (in some cases he gets more personal and asks for individual killings). By one count "God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered" (see http://www.evilbible.com/). I suggest 3 possibilities (1) God is fickle and doesn't really know what he wants in the way of killing, (2) God is actually testing people by ordering them to kill and he's just going to be pissed off at them if they go ahead and do it, or (3) the Bible is written by a lot of different people with different agendas some (if not all) of whom have no freakin' idea what God wants.