Religion‚ Peace and Justice What attitudes are there to war? Key idea: Most Christians believe that war should be avoided. But many also believe that there are times when a Christian may have to go to war. This is because they believe that the result of not going to war will be much worse. Holy War Key idea: Christians would fight in the name of God by going on Crusades (Holy War) Christians did not retaliate when persecuted‚ they did not join the army. Not all Christians followed the teachings
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Evolution Is Just A Theory One of the main things that would be studied in biology is evolution. Although most people think that evolution is true and us humans have evolved from our formal ancestors. For the past year mankind has been thinking of one thing‚ which was evolution. The definition of mechanism is how evolution occurs over time. Evolution has been shown over the past billion years and humans have studied the creatures that have physically changed their bodies. The definition of evolution
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Christians should use violence for a just reason. There are multiple types of war that have happened. First you have just plain war. Usually this is fought with an unnecessary reason. Usually this can be avoided but our human nature doesn’t let it happen. Then you have a holy war. A holy war is fought between two religions for religious purposes. The only holy war to ever happen other than in the Old Testament was the first crusade. The first crusade was a just war. The Muslims took over Jerusalem
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Principal teachings about peace in Christianity Heart of Jesus’ ministry The teaching of the New Testament affirms the centrality of peace to the Christian message. It was at the heart of the life and ministry of Jesus and accordingly is sought after and taken up by the communities that seek to follow Jesus. Peace is understood as more than merely an absence of violence and conflict. It refers more fully to an overall sense of wellbeing. Ultimately peace is found in union with God. Christians are
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I do think that genocide is unacceptable in any shape or form. No I do not believe that Genocide can be just. I am positive that others think differently about it. One example and the most popular example used are Hitler and the Nazis. Obviously the Nazis felt that genocide is just because it was just in their philosophy. The Nazis felt like they are better than the Jewish race. They downgraded and dehumanized the Jews. In the beginning there were multiple reasons to why the Germans wanted to end
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Pakistan. Kabul is the capital city and the country’s Chief of State is President Hamid Karzai. The country bears a population of 33.609 million people. It has been in war for three decades making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The insecurity in the country has resulted in a large number of refugees. The current war that is going on began in 2001 by several terrorist groups such as Hezbi Islami. In 2001‚ President George W Bush gives the Taliban an ultimatum which they fail to
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260 Professor Gonzalez April 19‚ 2012 Reaction Paper: Classical Just War Theory and Its Relevance Today Cian O’Driscoll‚ author of the article Re-negotiation the Just War: the Invasion of Iraq and Punitive War‚ explains how the arguments of punitive war‚ or wars of punishment‚ from both Presidents George Bush and Tony Blair relate to the justification of going to war with Iraq in 2003. O’Driscoll‚ after explaining the justification of both presidents then relates
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utilitarian’s eyes if the good outweighs the bad in torturing a convicted terrorist than he/she would agree to it or vice versa. When it comes to war‚ countries have to have an ethnic guideline to follow. In most situations‚ America has followed the rules of utilitarianism. As a leader or influential figure‚ one has to look at what is good for the whole nation and not just themselves or groups of people. Therefore‚ if torture was ever legalized‚ it would put our own soldiers or citizens at risk if the enemy
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described as a way to justify normally prohibited actions. One of Walzers arguments is that violations of just war conduct in war have been justified in some historical circumstances when the moral emergency was high. One example of this is the bombing of Dresden because of the threat of Nazism’s victory would be a moral catastrophe and the British seemed in danger of losing the war. It would end the war sooner than it would otherwise end and‚ despite the large number of civilian casualties they inflicted
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revisionist and the Just War theorist. The majority of the discourse revolves around how we should treat combatants with regards to the justness of their war and are they responsible with the justness of their war‚ Jus ad Bellum. I would argue that not only should the justness of a combatant’s war deem how we view their actions but also soldiers should be responsible for Jus ad Bellum. Soldiers fighting in an unjust war are not morally to combatants fighting in a morally just war because combatants
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