(June 18, 2013 at 2:05 am)Esquilax Wrote:(June 18, 2013 at 1:55 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Christians do what humans do. Following Christ can't be opposing Christ.
And following christ is a works based thing, not a beliefs based one?
Quote:Because I'm of the belief (well most political scientists as well) people just use religion as an excuse to go to war and the politicians are the ones who are irreligious simply using the beliefs of others to fill their own selfish desires for wealth and power.
People can believe in god and still lust for power and wealth. Just look at the Vatican. The motivations for war are different things from the sincerity of the man's beliefs, and there's simply no way to gauge the latter; christians would have us believe that they can, based solely on their actions.
As if people never do the wrong thing for the "Right" (read: religious) reasons.
Well I was educated to be skeptical of the BS reasoning people go to war. They can lie all they want that it's for religious reasons (there are some clashes due to religion, but that's just seeded in hatred and mob mentality...think Nigeria), but time and time again, it's been about secularism....which is why I love the 30 Years' War....the European nations finally admitted what they were fighting for....after that, the wars were viewed as succession wars and religion was used less and less as a motivator for war....thank the French.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
