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Re: Are Christians Resonsible For Wars?
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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Which wars?
WW1? WW2? Korea? Vietnam? Iraq? Afghanistan?
Where are the wars Christians are responsible for?
The media/liberals are always saying all wars are because of "religion".
But is this true of the Christian religion?
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OK, I'll give it a try....
Wars throughout history are usually fought for land and resources, religion is only used to get the peasantry and plebeians to fight for the wealthy land owners who were in power. The rank and file are usually sold a dream how God is against whoever they are fighting. Also the enemy is demonized and therefore they need to be convince that they are literally the arm of God avenging man kind. This posed a problem when America had its Civil War, due to both sides were brothers and Protestant Christians.
Biblical Christianity has issues like "love your enemy" and "turn the other cheek" which causes it to be ineffective as a true war religion. IMO.
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