Faith & Traditions Against War

9/11/2011 • Free Patriot Press

For many years, and especially in the past 10 years, many so called “Christians” have been supporting the military actions of the United States government. Some do so because of belief that “those guys over there (wherever there happens to be) want to kill us.” And often ask the flawed question, “would you rather fight them over here or over there?” to justify their support for sending troops around the world to kill “the enemy.” Sadly, many of these “Christians” believe it is somehow not “murder” if people are killed during “war.” They conveniently forget parts of the Bible such as Genesis 9:6 “Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man. For He made man in the image of God.“ Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.” Exodus 23:7 “And do not kill the innocent and the righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.” Many of these “Christians” also forget the words of the Messiah who said “Blessed are the peacemakers! For they shall be called sons of God.”(Matthew 5:9) “.