Why is thier no contention in Christianity over the war in Iraq? (bombing children, a

Why is thier no contention in Christianity over the war in Iraq? (bombing children, and killing wantonly)?

because a large portion of them are hypocrites

Probably because our President is overlooking that. Our soldiers are under the higher people of our nation and they do as they are told. Maybe its the hierarchy people that need to answer that question for you. I would love to see the answer.

There is a huge contention in Christianity over the war in Iraq.

Most people try to separate church and state, so that they can do what they want, in stead of what they should.

There are a lot of Christian gr oops opposed to the war. They just are not in power at the moment.

Why, because there's no need for contention. You are deceived if you believe war is never an option.

I really think that the people running the war decide when the want to be christian rather than practice it all the time. Makes it easier to omit the 10 commandments

get a load of all the commandment that are broken

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'

SIX: 'You shall not murder.'

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'

That's patently UNTRUE. First of all, no one other than the most hardened of hearts wants to see innocents killed. Secondly, those that have been killed have hardly been "wantonly" killed. In EVERY war since the beginning of time has at times led to the deaths of innocents sometimes on purpose, but almost always accidentally. Your comment is nothing more than unsubstantiated rhetoric intended to incite equally an baseless response...

For your information, many Christian organizations have spoken out over the war include the late Pope John Paul II. "When war, as in these days in Iraq, threatens the fate of humanity, it is ever more urgent to proclaim, with a strong and decisive voice, that only peace is the road to follow to construct a more just and united society. Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of man. - Pope John Paul II

Further, On September 13, 2002, U.S. Catholic bishops signed a letter to President Bush stating that any "Prue-emptive, unilateral use of military force to overthrow the government of Iraq" cannot currently be justified. They came to this position by evaluating whether an attack against Iraq would satisfy the criteria for a just war, as defined by Catholic theology.

Both the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, and his successor, Rowan Williams, spoke out against war with Iraq.

The executive committee of World Council of Churches, an organization joined by churches with a combined membership of between 350 million and 450 million Christians from over 100 countries, issued a statement in opposition to war with Iraq, stating that "War against Iraq would be immoral, unwise, and in breach of the principles of the United Nations Charter."

Maybe because their is no wrong. Could they have adopted your philosophy?