Would you refuse to go to war because of your faith?
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Yes. Christians are to be peaceable with all men, are to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them. The only warfare we wage is against Satan and his demons. Also we take the same stand as the apostles did--"we must obey God as ruler, rather than men" (ACTS 5:29) If any government demand that we go to war, we must refuse.
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As long as there are religions, there are wars against countries.\n\nIf there were no religions, the wars would be of a more honest kind.\n\nnow there`s christians declaring wars for "democracy" in the name of god.\nIt would make a slight difference in honesty, if a president or nation would just say "we want your oil, period"\n\nreligion is a shield for real intentions.
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The Catholic faith also make sense! When you are in a war situation it legally is not murder, because you are defending the common good. Likewise it is not a mortal sin according to the Catechism.
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A Prophet doesnt make war first of all, at least not that type of war you are talking about.\n\nCause if he is, he no longer is going to be someone the massses will listen to... you dont teach in this way.\n\nIts ok to be ready to die for your ideals ...but never harm people because you want to change them.  The only way to change people is when you change yourself.
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YES! Why should people have to fight a war that they don't believe in, when really there doesn't need to be a war at all?
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If I "had to be religious" then it would be a dictatorship.  I would start a guerilla war, not join yours or anyone else's cult.\n\n\n.
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War is a political action to acquire land. Don't ever let the Religion part fool you.\nWhat does a true christian have  to do with killing?\nNone.
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You just answered your own question, most people come to faith out of fear, whether they know it or not, so of course they would be afraid of being wrong.
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Yes if anyone tries to sell you religion just tell them this:\n\n Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods.  In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully.  If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock.  Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it.  Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God.  That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.  Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction.  Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you.  He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors.  "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him."  (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)
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Only false christians go to war.  God does not sanction wars.  He wants people to love one another.   A most important way in which Christ’s true disciples can be identified is by the love they have among themselves. Jesus said: “By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves.” (John 13:35) Do the religious organizations with which you are acquainted have this love? What do they do, for example, when the countries in which they live go to war against one another?\n\n You know what usually happens. At the command of worldly men the members of the various religious organizations go out on the battlefield and slaughter their fellow believers of another country. Thus Catholic kills Catholic, Protestant kills Protestant and Muslim kills Muslim. Do you think such a course is according to God’s Word and really shows the spirit of God?
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I believe what he's saying is......Lord I don't want to be a coward.\nAnd the 'peace' of cowardice could mean " a false peace".\nThank you and God Bless.
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It would be wonderful...but religious people dont seek the truth, they just blindly accept, and that is why we have a world at war.
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A religion won't save you, but a relationship with God will.
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No, I would not, Jesus said those without sin cast the first stone, so therefore I wouldn't.\nStoning was very popular 2,000 years ago as well as strangulaton and many others.\nWhen Rome came into rule Their justice was more severe they made you suffer for your crime(s)
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if u don't believe, u already make it impossible. i believe in peace because we can not live with caos for ever. people want it and get it soon. all u say NO because sustaining peace is hard, and u escape from the responsibility and hard work, and hiding behind Bible
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I am very afraid that this guy would welcome a war with the west and because of his religious convictions would not worry about the consequences on his own people or even himself.\n\nHe is going to push this all the way is my guess and we will be faced with the awful choice of another terrible war (worse than Iraq), or a middle eastern Hitler with a nuclear bomb.\n\nThere will be loads of answers to this on both sides, "Nuke him" and "no war", but I'm afraid both points of view completely miss the point.\n\nIn the 1930's there was a massive peace movement which disarmed Britain and France, and turned a blind eye to what Hitler was doing by trusting in diplomacy. It was a bigger peace movement than the one today by far. The consequence of that peace movement and diplomacy however was in excess of 30 million people dead worldwide. Maybe an earlier war would have been less costly.\n\nConversely if we take military action this is a very different proposition to Iraq. This is a strong military nation and western forces are already over stretched. The backlash through terrorism could go on for 100 years. Many thousands will die.\n\nBefore anyone responds with a knee jerk either way...think it through. This one aint easy.
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No. Because then there would be sects within that religion. One group wouldn't like how another worships...then one group will think another isn't devout enough. Then, bammo! War. Again. Still. sigh.\nReligion only leads to war because of human beings.\nPeople are the root of war. Not any one religion.