What about war? War is, in the end, a struggle over physical resources and minds. Of the two, minds are more valuable, as minds can create resources. Killing in war has never been considered “wrong”. It seems to be connected to the self-defense mechanism. We are hard-wired to feel a genetic sympathy for close, tribal relatives. These feelings do not exist for economically competitive peoples living a great distance away from our own tribal lands. Remember, too, that wars a long time ago were different. They were about adding to one’s own tribe's population base. War was about “stealing” new, additional "wives". Wives to produce more children. Even young children were stolen. So, in an odd way, war used to be about increasing life. (Num.31:14-18)(Judges 21:10-12) Modern weapons are a lot more efficient for massed killing than spears and arrows. Modern armies are very different. Modern armies and weapons are very efficient killers and destroyers. For you as a person, the real question to be answered is, "Am I ultimately willing to kill under any circumstances?" All other questions relating to war are subservient to this question. If your answer is, "No.", you may be forced to "vote with your feet." You will not be the first person, or group, to answer in this way. Voting with your feet means to be willing to move yourself and your family to some other country. Some place where you will not be required to kill. Some place where you will not be required to serve in a military unit. Whole villages at one time left Europe to avoid senseless wars. In the U. S., during the Vietnam War, many citizens emigrated to Canada. Experience has taught us that in war human beings die: men, women and children. They die and suffer in horrible, ghastly ways. Even in war there is the expectation that cruelty for its own sake is wrong. Even in war killing for enjoyment is wrong. Too often, individual soldiers’ experiences afflicts their minds and souls with a mental disease. This mental disease is caused by the constant overwhelming physical insecurity. It can result in acts of cruelty to animals, or persons, as an outlet. Cruelty becomes an expression of some level of individual power. An expression of individual power, to be able to inflict pain upon another person. It is kicking the poor dog, again.
(c) Copyright 2006: George Wallace recently published a book on religion which lashes out at nearly all of the comfortable ideas about God, the trappings of organized religion, and the priesthood. His pithy comments and suggestions for a return to a God-centered personal religion will interest everyone. This article may be freely reprinted so long as all copyright attributions, and the full content of this resource box are included. www.OhGodIsThatYou.com
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