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NASB | Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall not make a covenant (treaty) with them nor show mercy and compassion to them. |
Bible Question (short): Is war evil? |
Question (full): Radioman and Tim, I am really sorry to dissapoint you, but you will not find "war is evil" anywhere in the Bible. I would love to tell you that common sense teaches you that war is evil but I would be lieing. First of all, I'd like to tell Tim that you have experienced war first hand and that I know you positively know war is evil because you saw destruction and caos at its best. May God bless you a hundred thousand times more. I was 33 years old when God found me. I was very naive, I did not know the difference between evil and good. I knew completely nothing, nothing about people, nothing about life. I was a lost sheep following everybody else around, led by whoever could take advantage of me the most. When I started reading the bible and searching for God's truth, he responded and he responded so strongly I could never leave him nor forsake him, just like he will never leave me nor forsake me. I will not lie about this and tell you that it is common sense or I assumed war is evil just from reading the whole Bible. I know war is evil because God taught me evil and good as he was converting me, and since I now know what is good and what is evil, I cannot do evil. If I do evil I would be hurting God. We are all his children, the whole world is his. Imagine you were the father and you see your children fighting and killing each other. What would you do as the father? I'd spank each and everyone of them. If you were in the middle of the war, would you kill? Is it okay for someone else to kill for you? When you are watching TV and you see someone getting killed, Does your heart shrink or do you laugh? |