Epimethean Wrote:In the US, religious war is illegal, as is rape, the taking of slaves and the killing of captives. Your point then?
rape is illegal in the bible too. and what does that mean "in the US, religious war is illegal"? does that mean we cannot have a civil war that involves religion? we cannot be involved with a religious war with another country? we're in a religious war right now, it's in a country called Afghanistan.
look you're going off topic, the point if with morality you can't say any of this is wrong. the bible holds the highest standard when it comes to morality. it even has the golden rule which is considered by many to be the most important moral claim ever (Matthew 7:12). Jesus took the old testimate and gave the idea of "don't even think about it." reguardless of what you disagree with you at least have to acknowledge that.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
-4th verse of the american national anthem