Religious views on war and peace
ey religious views on War and Peace.
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- Created on: 20-05-13 20:14
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- War & Peace
- Buddhist views
- Against war
- Principles of ahimsa (non-harming) say never to harm a living thing and war involves harming.
- Principles of metta (loving) say to be kind and war is unkind.
- All actions have consequences so violence brings back its consequence.
- Many Buddhists are pacifists and refuse to fight.
- For war
- Idea that actions have consequences- those who choose war will get their consequences due to karma so it is their choice.
- Against war
- Islamic views
- Against war
- Islam is a religion of peace and war is not peaceful.
- Forbidden to start a fight.
- For war
- Jihad: 'to struggle in the way of Allah'. Lesser Jihad is when Muslims fight to protect their religion and sometimes this is by war.
- Muslims may only fight in self-defense but are forbidden to start a fight- so war may be seen as okay if it is to defend their religion.
- Against war
- Christian views
- Against war
- 6th Commandment: 'thou shall not kill' - war involves killing and taking sacred lives which are gifts from God (sanctity of life).
- New testement: 'blessed are the peacemakers'- this implies that we should make peace rather than fight in war. Jesus was often described as a pacifist.
- Golden Rule to love one another - to go to war is unkind and not loving.
- For war
- Old Testement: "eye for an eye, hand for hand, foot for foot". The words are intended to limit revenge, not encourage it, but are often used to justify war.
- Just war: sometimes a war is for the greater good and is acceptable. It must be last resort and have a just reason as the cause to correct evil.
- Conflict with authority: the Bible says to obey authority and sometimes there is consciption so we have to fight.
- Against war
- Buddhist views
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