I can see your point there🤔. So do we have the right to defend our lands from invading armies with deadly force if we know their intent is to kill us first I wonder..that is something I still question and the reason why is the "thou shalt not kill" rule. Where I struggle with that though is how ministers who are so supportive of that biblical law will quickly heap huge amounts of honor and praise onto the shoulders of soldiers. A great number of these are young men who are barely 20 years old. They call them patriots and defenders of freedom. They will pray over them and encourage them and pump them with pride knowing full well they are headed out to murder people. Then they will firmly stand on the thou shalt not kill rule in the pulpit. That has perplexed me to no end. Maybe i should ask them lol.
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Maybe you should ask them. The 'right to defend our lands from invading armies with deadly force' usually comes from the state. That requires that you swear an oath of fealty to your new feudal lord. That lord then makes laws and grants 'rights'.
But if you walk away from all of that, you return to the Spiritual jurisdiction and the rights granted to you by Creator. Thou shalt not murder is a big one. We are also supposed to forgive our trespassers and a whole bunch of other methods of bringing peace and freedom to our lives. We cannot end violence by engaging in violence. We only perpetuate the violence when we do that.
Have you read my book, Graduating Life with Honours?
Very beautiful thought there, no one then has the right to encourage others to commit violence it would seem. Violence is a carnal selfish thing. Many would derive some sort of pleasure out of hurting others, to the point im sure it can be addictive. Im starting to think it all boils down to cultures the Lords have created. Violent loving societies that take no pleasure in it when karma brings it bag to their doorsteps. What a pathetic way to live. The Lords take pleasure in sending our young to die. They are the gainers of these deeds. The victims are the ones who swear fealty to them and the ones they wage war against when they send their soldiers to conquer a neighboring Lords land. Its making sense now 🤗😊. I have not read your book, but I am very much looking forward to it. Thank you for your words. You are very much appreciated my friend 🤗😊