The war on faith.

[madnak]

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Um, Jesus Christ. You know, the source of Christianity? Care to point out where he advocates going to war in the name of his religion?

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By his acceptance of the Old Testament, and his support of it as the divine word of God, he advocates war in a very deep sense. But just because the OT is where all the conquerin' happens doesn't mean Jesus was as pacifistic as people claim.

Keep in mind the ancient scholars read the same words you do, and went to war based on them. In fact, they read the original Greek and were therefore closer to what Jesus actually said. Again, how come your interpretation is better than theirs? Better than clergy who devoted their lives to Christianity, the kings who accepted the Christian God as the only authority over them, the priests who went around violently stamping out "evil" as per (according to their belief) the dictates of Jesus? WHY are you right and they wrong? You're going to use the book they studied endlessly to prove that?

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Saying that Christians, in general, "encourage war" might be the most ridiculous uneducated statement I've ever read. Yes, we may say war is inevitable in certain cases to stop a greater evil.

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Oh, like with the Midianites? Or was it the Crusades?

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But to say that Christianity "encourages war"... well um, I guess you can believe whatever you want to believe (have faith in your ignorance I guess).

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Really. Last I checked it was the most religious people who were most in support of unjust wars. And typically it's the religious who ultimately initiate them! Just look at the war in Iraq - are you seriously claiming that it wasn't Christian-motivated, or at least that Christians weren't in favor of it more than atheists? If so, you're not too well-educated yourself.