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In light of the war in the Ukraine,

I would like to address the topic

that so many people started to reach out to me

and asking, should Christians serve any army?

Shouldn't we just turn the other cheek?

War is bad.

Aren't religion responsible for all the wars in the world? And so I want to

answer that in this short video. The Rydic of Ecclesiastes says there's a time for war and there's a time

for peace. Ecclesiastes chapter 3 verse 8. There's three stances concerning war embraced by Christians.

First one is activism, that Christians should participate in all wars entered by their government.

The second one is pacifism, and that is the Christians should not participate in any war because

it involves killing people.

And the third one is selectivism, and this one is that Christians should participate only in just wars.

Wars that defend the innocent, execute justice, and that are by a just government, and wars that are in a just manner.

Now, some people will say, well, religion is responsible for all the wars.

Religion is the cause of all wars.

The problem with that is that, yes, there have been crusades and 30 years war rested on

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