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God and all the wars
Here we are again. Our old tricky Christianity, which has served us for hundreds of years. The word "serves" is definitely misleading since I believe it does more harm and division than good. We can all just open our history books or, even easier, the Internet, and check all the sorrow of religious wars.
A good example is the Thirty Years' War, which happened between 1618 and 1648. The length of the war alone sounds horrifying. Yet, what is more alarming and outrageous is the fact that, according to the Bible, it was completely fine and acceptable by God.
Let’s look at some verses that support my statement:
Psalm 144:1: "Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle." This verse evokes the destiny to fight, join wars and to always be prepared for them. But why we should train ourselves to kill and spread pain, if the bible is cordial book?
The the next verse is even darker and more unpleasant to readd:
1 Samuel 15:3: "Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey."
Very cruel words from the lovely and peaceful God as Christians like to describe him. Killing innocent children who aren’t responsible for the environment they are living in and animals who aren’t even aware of what’s happening and just feel the pain of iron swords. How can this be generally accepted in our society, and followed by 1 billion people?
It’s a real pity the book wasn’t written in the modern age because, obviously, Christianity would be described as violent and sadistic. I wouldn’t even be surprised if the religion was banned in some countries and forbidden to follow. But because of the past, in the present...
A good example is the Thirty Years' War, which happened between 1618 and 1648. The length of the war alone sounds horrifying. Yet, what is more alarming and outrageous is the fact that, according to the Bible, it was completely fine and acceptable by God.
Let’s look at some verses that support my statement:
Psalm 144:1: "Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle." This verse evokes the destiny to fight, join wars and to always be prepared for them. But why we should train ourselves to kill and spread pain, if the bible is cordial book?
The the next verse is even darker and more unpleasant to readd:
1 Samuel 15:3: "Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey."
Very cruel words from the lovely and peaceful God as Christians like to describe him. Killing innocent children who aren’t responsible for the environment they are living in and animals who aren’t even aware of what’s happening and just feel the pain of iron swords. How can this be generally accepted in our society, and followed by 1 billion people?
It’s a real pity the book wasn’t written in the modern age because, obviously, Christianity would be described as violent and sadistic. I wouldn’t even be surprised if the religion was banned in some countries and forbidden to follow. But because of the past, in the present...
