Donnadogsoth

This makes sense to me, but the man I am talking about would disagree. Unfortunately I've lost contact with him so there's no way to get his argument from the horse's mouth.

Thanks kwikphilly, I understand.

The sign-up instructions said to make a few posts in the non-Christian areas to prove I'm not a robot. I'm a Catholic, for what it's worth.

It's reassuring to hear that self-defense, or defense of one's family, neighbour, or nation, is not impossible under Christianity. But consider this case: I met a man once, who claimed to take Matthew 5:39 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. seriously to the point of not resisting any evil in any way. I asked him what he would do if he had a gun, and a man with a gun threatened his family. He said he would throw down his gun. Is this man misled?

People die in war, BK, often at the hands of other people. That's the kind of thing I'm wondering about. Plenty of soldiers in WWII from what I have read simply refused to shoot the enemy or shot above their heads, rather than kill another human being. Not to mention bombing runs or artillery barrages. It would be a horrible thing to have to do, one that soldiers probably wouldn't like to talk about, hence my framing the question somewhat abstractly.

I'm not in the military but I have many relatives who were. I was wondering whether there were any military people here and, if so, how they square Christianity with the military.