I actually think that this person has very interesting points to back up his argument. He says that many Christians point to the Ten Commandments' rule of "Thou shalt not kill" for not justifying war, but he points out that the Hewbrew word that s translated "kill" in Exodus actually means "murder," and that there is a huge difference between cold-blooded murder and the killing of people on a battle front, which, although it is still horribly sad, I agree that there is definetely not a comparison between a soldier and a murderer. Lewis, a famous Christian author, "admonishes that in war “'We may kill if necessary, but we must not hate and enjoy it.'”[1] In other words, we must not relish the death of our adversaries in wartime, even if the war is determined to be just by Christian standards." Although I am not exactly a Christian, I think that this principle can be followed by anyone- if a war is evaluated to be just, it does not necessarily mean that people should relish in it, and I do not think that many people do regardless of them supporting it or not. The closing statement that this person finishes with I do not agree with, because, again, it is from a Christian standpoint and I believe in the separation of church and state, but that being said overall her arguments were worthy of attention.
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