Bible Question:
Let's say I was one of the Moravian Indians. And I didn't fight back because I believed killing is bad. What harm could it do to the earth? To hummanity? So where does the real problem lies? Isn't that the soldeirs who massacred them with 'just' and 'holy' weapons? The mind of christianity that believes in "just" and "holy" wars? |
Bible Answer: all wars are error. Whoever fights against another, attacking them, is sinning. Christians are not immune to sin, never were. All wars, religious, national, indigenous, or between husband and wife, are fought because of the belief "We are in the right, and they are in the wrong." No one likes to admit that they are wrong. The Israelites of moses' time were not immune to sin. Peter was not immune! There is no one righteous, not one. Well, except for Christ. So never take sides in a war. All wars, fighting are suicide. Just think of the suicide bombers. They actually believe they are right. No war is fought believing you are wrong. (Well, not consciously wrong.) People have been fighting, killing, and doing unloving or unjust acts in the name of their God for eons. Think of the Salem witch trials and deaths. Think of Jesus' condemnation- he was found guilty of sinning against God by the Jewish people, a sort of mini- Holy- war. Think of Hitler- some of the german community was prejudiced against the Jews there- they thought, (this is my understanding, but I may be wrong, I'm not good with history) 'The Jews are responsible for killing Jesus, they condemned him, therefore, they deserve to be shunned'; then Hitler said, 'They will support me in putting them in camps'. Because, when it comes to religion and who is holy and who is not holy, the ones who are presumed not holy are put to death, be crucified, be tortured, be shot-. This is going on all the time. I don't know who the Morovians were, but - Rom 12:19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord. How are we, exactly (without a doubt) in our sinful minds, able to judge someone else? That is only information that God is 'privy' to, and only He could know. |