Should Religious Leaders Start Wars

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A beautiful grassy city with gorgeous trees. Everything is so bright and green. Kind people walking around joyfully in such a peaceful area. Yet leaders declare war and wreck the city leaving people vulnerable. The city getting wrecked didn’t do anything to deserve this destruction, but they didn’t want to fight back, because the other city declares that their gods told them to do this. Can those leaders be trusted? They can just be lying and purposely destroying the city. Therefore religious leaders should not start wars even if it’s in the name of their God or gods, resulting in many wars being caused, destruction, and disloyalty.

To begin with there are some religions that are against killing others or injuring them. As an example in the Holy Bible it states, “Thou shalt not kill.” in Exodus 20:13. This shows that Christians should not
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The city that is getting attacked wouldn’t want to strike, because they wouldn’t just cause more conflict, but they also follow their religion's rules. In the 30 years war Germany’s population went down an many suffered according to History.com, “Perhaps 20 percent of Germany’s population perished during the war, with losses up to 50 percent. Villages suffered worse than towns, but many towns and cities saw their populations manufacture, and trade decline substantially. This crucial war brought down the population of different towns and cities while they were in pain. This war caused destruction and suffering to those involved and even to some who weren’t involved. Even though there is that one person in that group who doesn’t want to cause destruction and suffering, a person from their group convinces or threatened. Once they convince or threaten those who don’t want to cause anything, those people go fight first, and behind them come the rest of the warriors, and they go destroy that city or town and make it

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