RELIGION AND WAR
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- Created on: 09-05-18 19:10
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- Religion,Peace and Conflict
- Religion, peace and conflict
- Church have taught to no to kill is wrong but still are prepared to fight for their country
- Quaker believe that war is always wrong
- Fighting in self desfence is acceptable but fighting without a just cause is wrong
- Justice peace forgiveness and reconciliation is the best way to prevent War from happening to begin with
- violence, violent protest and terrorism
- Christian believe that protest to achieve what is right e.g Black lives Matter
- No religious teaching promote violence but have different POV on when it will be justified
- Fighting is only allowed for self defence or defence for faith
- Terrorism
- Some use terrorism to get their message across.They make people frightened and push the authority to give what they want.
- Some would link their cause to terrorism but no religion promotes terrorism
- It would be seen wrong as it targets innocent people
- Reason for War
- Greed: Gain more land resources or deprive enemy of income
- Warns against greed
- Self defence: Defend ones country ddefend ones values and to defeat evil
- Jesus said that retaliation is wrong
- Retaliation: fight against country that has done wrong or that has attacked you
- It is Justified if all the other ways have failed
- Greed: Gain more land resources or deprive enemy of income
- Nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction
- E.g America attacked Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs. Japan surrendered thus ending the war
- The chemical weapon convention made the pproduction illegal worldwide
- Only God has the right to end life.
- life should be cared for and preserved
- Biological weapons are also illegal but many countries have them.
- It kills many innocent people
- But it is also seen a deterrent so it also protects them
- The Just War
- It must be fought for a just cause
- Must be declared by proper legal authority
- It must have a proper intention
- Must be last resort.
- Must have chance of success
- Must be proportional.
- Should not target innocent civilians, animals, fruit-bearing trees or any other religious people
- Dead bodies must not be mutilated and prisoners must be treated in a civil way.
- Soldier must be of sound mind and body.
- Holy war and religion as a cause of violence
- must be authorised by religious leaders
- only to defend their faith
- Those who took part will gain spiritual rewards
- use of violence
- Eye for an eye. so retaliation was justified.
- Accept jesus teaching that anger and violence is wrong
- When jesus was arrested he did not resist
- Must follow the just cause criteria.
- It must be fought for God
- Pacifism and peacemaking
- Pacifist believe that war and violence can rarely be justified
- Prayer and meditation can help people be more peaceful
- Quaker are a denomination that strongly supports pacifism
- Muslims must not refuse peace when it is being offered
- Muslims seek inner peace through the submission to God will
- Religious responses to victims of war
- Need psychological support
- Need money to live
- Safe place to live
- medical helps
- access to food and clean water
- A means of earning a living
- Christian are taught the love thy neighbour as thyself
- principles such as compassion, eempathy, generosity
- Religion, peace and conflict
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