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Can war or violence ever be justified?

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We are just a few genes above a monkey, we are 99% identical. Our technology has allowed a false concept that we are advanced mentally. We are still that aggressive animal fighting for territory with imaginary lines and borders. read more

Violence only doesn’t solve anything in the sense that nothing solves anything—extend history enough in any direction and all peoples eventually have a really bad day (or really bad hundreds of years or millennia). Heck, eventually, all species will go extinct. I don’t know if violence is ever justified. read more

The example of Jesus is central to Christians’ attitude to war. He was presented with an opportunity to lead an armed uprising, but he refused. read more

This is another caveat: In this case, if you are a potential ‘bullied’ then preemptive or not directly responsive violence can be justified, because you have a 100% certainty that if you don’t do that to install fear as a deterrent then you will be attacked. read more

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