Did Gods people go into Sodom and Gomorrah to save the children who were being used for sex--No. Is dropping atom bombs into cities where babies, children, grandmothers, pregnant women live justified?
Would Jesus ever condone the supposed brothers in Christ standing on both sides of a war of hatred, blowing each others heads off like in the Rev war, the civil war, ww1,ww2 they did it for Adolf Hitler--the clergy prayed on both sides( one of the biggest hipocrosys the world has ever witnessed.)
How about killing 300,000 in the initial bombings going into Iraq for WMD that were not there?
1John 3:10-12---no slaughtering of one another. 1 John 3 answers--a mirror for all to peer into
It teaches who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil.
A true follower of Jesus knows --Jesus has promised---Vengeance is mine said the Lord. So by taking vengeance for self one is telling Jesus-no. that is blatent--standing in opposition to him.
Wow. Just wow. So you'd let the innocent die and be raped and slaughtered doing nothing to help. I think this parable Jesus said for you and JayJayDee:
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
By letting people be raped and murdered, when you can help them, your showing a very Twisted view of mercy and Gods Word. You might also want to know this about the Word of God.
The Bible teaches that we have the right to self-defense, Exodus 22:2: "If the thief is caught while breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guiltiness on his account." The Bible also tells us to protect the innocent, Deut. 19:10, "So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and blood guiltiness be on you." Also, see "Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin," (Deut. 24:16). If we were to apply these principles to war, I would conclude that war is justifiable when it is in self-defense and/or when it is to protect the innocent. Therefore, a Christian could rightfully engage in war given those conditions.
From this we can easily conclude that going to war is not a sin. That is, if it complies with the Biblical instructions of self-defense and protection of the innocent.
Finally, notice that some soldiers approached John the Baptist and inquired about repentance. John did not tell them to stop being soldiers but to do their jobs properly, honestly.
"And some soldiers were questioning him, saying, "And what about us, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages," (Luke 3:14).
From all of this, we can see that going to war is not wrong in itself and that a Christian can go to war under the right circumstances.
thank you very much
