Tucksma,
This is just uncalled for, let alone untrue. So, according to you every soldier has killed? Teachers, doctors, secret service, postmen, police, nurses, firemen, these are just a few of our service positions filled by prior service military personnel, whom may have served God & country and never saw combat, let alone killed.
Your post is tasteless.
I believe we are talking military.....If not then that's all i was talking about not any of the stuff you just named.
And I would say all of them took part in deaths. They may not have pulled the trigger, but they still took part in deaths. I could be wrong there, and if so then I'm just talking about the ones that did kill, or took part in killing, so strategist, commanders, basically if your actions lead to killing someone (and that was what you were aiming to do). These are who I'm talking about.
The fact of the matter isn't rather they are great people or not. I know many amazing military members. The issue isn't their character. The issue is should we join the military as Christians. The answer is obviously no! The bible says thou shalt not kill.
Members of the military who take lives, or take part in the taking of lives, are not serving God by taking that life at all, they are sinning. They are serving a man. They are serving a country, but not the kingdom. These men may be respected for what they are doing by men, but not by God, because by killing, they are sinning.
And I don't care what position they fill, that isn't the topic at hand. The topic is, is it ok for christians to join the military.
