Stranger said:
So a Christian cannot be in the military? Nor a policeman?
Why did God say 'thou shalt not kill', but it is He Who gave the death penalty?
Again I ask, cause you didn't answer, if your family is attacked, does your husband watch as you are being beaten and molested and just sit and pray on the couch?
Stranger
I suggest you start reading the Bible with Christ at its center if you seriously think God approves of the death penalty. If you do that you’ll hear a big “But I say unto you …” .
And one of the many things I love and respect my husband for is that the wish to kill is totally alien to him. It would torment his conscience for the rest of his life if he somehow did kill somebody, even if it was in self-defence or in defence of his family.
But you’re deflecting from the actual topic by asking one of the lamest questions that conscientious objectors were asked when my country still had a draft army:
Seeing that recently one of the US’s presidential candidates did not even know the name "Aleppo”, I probably can’t really blame you for not quite grasping the issue. It seems lots of American’s are rather uninformed about foreign affairs. Of course it is also possible that you happen to be far better informed than I am. Maybe you can actually tell who are the goodies and who are the baddies in Syria. I don't even think this question really matters: Syria is just another example for war corrupting all parties involved and causing unspeakable human suffering. God loves all these people, victims and perpetrators alike, and so should we. Ringing those funeral bells is a reminder of their shared human dignity.