‘People should never go to war’, discuss.
‘People should never go to war’, discuss.
‘People shouldn’t go to war’ this statement is important as it is a contradicting point in the bible and is a question asked by many people as it addresses several moral issues for Christians. Christians who think that we should never go to war and agree with the statement have several arguments to support their beliefs. They would tend to quote things from the most well known laws in the bible, the 10 commandments. If I were to say how can you justify on religious grounds that we shouldn’t go to war they would probably quote the classic ‘thou shalt not kill’ which is pretty straight forward and is carried strongly through out the bible, however the argument is contradicted by for instance when Gods says ‘take all your men and fight’ so this shows a possible inconsistency in the bible and it’s commandments. Love your neighbour as yourself is another command that is ‘core’ and it is a well supported point, as it is in the bible and 10 commandments, it is also easy to relate to, it basically means treat others as you would wish to be treated, and correct me if I am wrong, but most people would probably not like to be shot at or attacked, so we shouldn’t do it to others, for we would wish for them not to do it to us. This point aside, what if these people are actually trying to kill you, are you then justified to kill them to save your own life or others lives, or should we follow the command literally and not kill them because we would not wish to be killed? In my opinion in certain drastic circumstances, you would be justified to take a bad life for a good one, or take one life to save multiple lives. Imago Dei, this means that we are in Gods image, and in the bible it says that ‘God breathed the breath of life into us’, so we are effectively all part of God and all have him within us. This can be used as an argument as to why we should never go to war, because if we kill others, we are in effect killing God, or
‘People shouldn’t go to war’ this statement is important as it is a contradicting point in the bible and is a question asked by many people as it addresses several moral issues for Christians. Christians who think that we should never go to war and agree with the statement have several arguments to support their beliefs. They would tend to quote things from the most well known laws in the bible, the 10 commandments. If I were to say how can you justify on religious grounds that we shouldn’t go to war they would probably quote the classic ‘thou shalt not kill’ which is pretty straight forward and is carried strongly through out the bible, however the argument is contradicted by for instance when Gods says ‘take all your men and fight’ so this shows a possible inconsistency in the bible and it’s commandments. Love your neighbour as yourself is another command that is ‘core’ and it is a well supported point, as it is in the bible and 10 commandments, it is also easy to relate to, it basically means treat others as you would wish to be treated, and correct me if I am wrong, but most people would probably not like to be shot at or attacked, so we shouldn’t do it to others, for we would wish for them not to do it to us. This point aside, what if these people are actually trying to kill you, are you then justified to kill them to save your own life or others lives, or should we follow the command literally and not kill them because we would not wish to be killed? In my opinion in certain drastic circumstances, you would be justified to take a bad life for a good one, or take one life to save multiple lives. Imago Dei, this means that we are in Gods image, and in the bible it says that ‘God breathed the breath of life into us’, so we are effectively all part of God and all have him within us. This can be used as an argument as to why we should never go to war, because if we kill others, we are in effect killing God, or