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How Do You Prove That God Commands A War
How Do You Prove That God Commands A War
Deuteronomy 20:12 - If they refuse to make peace and engage you in battle, lay siege
to that city
Deuteronomy 20:1
Nuclear deterrent - (Deterrence theory holds that) nuclear weapons are intended to deter
other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons, through the promise of
retaliation and mutually assured destruction
MAD - Mutually assured destruction - the doctrine of military strategy in which full-scale use
of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause complete annihilation of
both the attacker and the defender
Nuclear warhead detonating - The blast, thermal radiation, ionising radiation, residual
radiation
Countries with weapons - US, RU, UK, FR, CH, IN, PK, NK, IS
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - Cuban missile crises - Soviets had
nuclear weapons in Cuba pointing at US - 12-day crises led to the treaty
Countries with weapons will take steps to get rid of them
Countries without won’t try to get them
Signed by every country except IS, PK, IN, NK(withdrew)
Deterrence effective? - In 70 years that rival countries have had nuclear weapons - no
attacks
Critics - theory doesn’t hold up in the modern world - chance of accidental launch or terrorist
group too high (Would terrorist be deterred if they got their hands on the bomb)
REALLY SAFE - Get rid of all weapons
Use of tactical nuclear weapons used in the field of battle where complete destruction of
soldiers is possible is permissible after proper warning and peace-seeking
TEXTBOOK
Benefits and problems of WMD p353 to p354
Deliberately target innocent civilians - children, old people, women (exclude from the effects
of war by Holy and Just War theories)
So powerful, they threaten the world with extinction
Chem and bio weapons can kill as many people as nuclear weapons, although slower
Difficult to deliver effectively, effects can be unknown - could be uncontrollable -
spread
Effects:
Death
Phycological effects
Economic
Politics
Jewish views - against using violence except under legal authority because
Judaism based on the rule of law and mutual respect between members of society.
Violent people have no respect for the people they victimise so don’t know their
responsibilities as members of society
Violence without a Just cause is sinful
Human beings are made in God’s image. Being violent is mistreating God’s creation
so is wrong Genesis 1:27 - God made man in his image
The duty of Jews - protect the weak and innocent - loving thy neighbour - Violence is
opposite as they attack and exploit the weak and innocent
In a democracy - every person has human rights - to live free from fear - Judaism
teaches that Jews should defend human rights and so they shouldn’t be violent to
each other
Leviticus 19:18 - Love your neighbour // Luke 10:27 for Christianity
“Price Tag” - hate crimes carried out by extremist settler Jewish Israelis which target property
associated with Arabs, Christians, secular Israelis and Israeli soldiers
Atheist views:
Fundamentally wrong for civilians to be directly targeted by violence to achieve
political, social, economic or religious ends
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Peace
Important for Jews - Messianic age will bring peace - full peace will happen everywhere -
see messianic age as ideal - strive for ideal so Jews act to bring ideal(peace) **King David**
Job 5:24
Jeremiah 23:58
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Promotes unity - good for their community - and peace // harmony
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Israel vs Palestine