I do not understand Christians (and I guess this applies to some related religions too but I am thinking more of Christians here). They have all sorts of rules to live their lives by, but there is a “Big Ten” set. One of which is “Thou Shalt Not Kill”. Yet they will quite happily run around killing people (we’ll skip killing other things including animals for now … it is possible that the original words should be translated as ‘thou shalt not kill people’ or something).
Well, perhaps not happily except for the deranged, and this little piece is not about them. But given sufficient incentive … like ‘go out and kill these soldiers or we’ll put you up against a wall and kill you’. Now do not get me wrong, this is not a criticism of soldiers who have a job to do. Do not forget that I am not a Christian and I believe it is sometimes necessary to kill (preferably when sanctioned by society).
But Christians seem to behave that the rule is “thou shalt not kill unless it seems pretty important” and that is not what the commandment says.
History would have been a great deal less blood splattered if Christians had kept to that rule!