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Is It A Sin To Kill On The Battlefield?
Aysohmay June 07, 2009 00:48:07
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Thou shalt not kill, right? According to the 10 commandments, this is a fundamental, central doctrine for morality. Some people however think this doesn't apply whenever you're fighting for your country. One person has went to far as to say God thinks this is right. What do you think? Does the fact that you're killing during a war negate the act as a sin, or are you still sinning when you do so?
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If you take God and religion out of the equation it's just men and women performing their duty to their nation.View thread
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No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
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the word is Murder. though you have to kill to commit Murder, killing doesn't define what is murder.
Killing takes on many forms. You have to kill a fish, steer, etc before you eat of its flesh. You kill a plant when you harvest it.
It comes down to why you kill someone. And there is a sinful way to kill even an animal.
I suppose even in war one could kill in a manor that is a murder. Depends on the reasoning behind it. Are you defending your nation and its people or are you out for self gratification and some sort of joy of killing another human? is it an act of vengeance, spite, hate, etc.? The things that define what is murder and what isn't.
One should always defend their community, family, friends and even their own self and property. that is a given.
And you have to follow your own convictions. Not everyone is cut out to be a soldier. Christian or not.
Yes, it is still a sin
Yes, it is still a sin
no if and or buts it a sin and murder sorry people its fact
Yes, it is still a sin
In any case, whatever you call it, murder is murder, and murder is always wrong.
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Yes, it is still a sin
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No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
Yes, it is still a sin
prayer for their souls. prayer for forgiveness of sin.
just make sure its safe to stop and pray, your prayers
should not put anyone else our yourself at risk.
Yes, it is still a sin
No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Deuteronomy 20:1-4:
1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the ba...
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Deuteronomy 20:1-4:
1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
1 Samuel 30:8:
8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
No, it is not a sin
War is different.
God Bless our men and women in battle.
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A soldier is basically a robot. He does not think, only react. His sin, if there is one (again, depends on his frame of reference) lies, like an alcoholic, in the moments of more clear and conscious deliberation that occurred with himself BEFORE signing up for the military. Just like the alcoholic's sin does not occur when he kills someone while drunk behind the wheel, but when he was SOBER and deliberated the decision to take the first drink, knowing he was going to drive home.
Now in the case of men from whatever country that are DRAFTED... their karma is certainly even less, although they're still just churnin' that loop of ignorance and death, and so they are attached to that reality. That is their karma. And for soldiers who enlisted to get a better position or become an officer before being drafted, or women or even men who took a military ...
A soldier is basically a robot. He does not think, only react. His sin, if there is one (again, depends on his frame of reference) lies, like an alcoholic, in the moments of more clear and conscious deliberation that occurred with himself BEFORE signing up for the military. Just like the alcoholic's sin does not occur when he kills someone while drunk behind the wheel, but when he was SOBER and deliberated the decision to take the first drink, knowing he was going to drive home.
Now in the case of men from whatever country that are DRAFTED... their karma is certainly even less, although they're still just churnin' that loop of ignorance and death, and so they are attached to that reality. That is their karma. And for soldiers who enlisted to get a better position or become an officer before being drafted, or women or even men who took a military job cause these recruiters can get a $100 bonus this month and never thought they'd see combat because they were TOLD they'd never see combat or have to kill anyone and then, guess what?...
The universe judges (reacts and retributes the) INTENT. That's why our laws (gladly) generally make a distinction between inadvertent "crime" and INTNET.
No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
No, it is not a sin
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No, it is not a sin