h wars

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » July 19th, 2006, 12:12 am

holy wars are stupid and frustrating. who's with me?

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » July 19th, 2006, 12:16 am

Aren't all wars?

Mike · Post by **Mike** » July 19th, 2006, 12:28 am

Most wars are stupid. Killing someone in the name of a diety seems to be contradictory. "I must kill you for my religion!!"

Though if you worship Mars, or one of the other gods of war, then maybe you can have your holy war, but it better be for a good reason.

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » July 19th, 2006, 1:20 am

"onward christian soldiers" is a terrifying hymn.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » July 19th, 2006, 10:46 am

Totally with you. Let's not worship Mars, but Venus. A LOT more fun.

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » July 19th, 2006, 11:36 am

i won't be at the battlefront
i'll be getting off with the one i love tonight

-- matthew sweet, "quiet her"

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » July 19th, 2006, 11:38 am

but really, aren't all wars holy wars? if you've decided you believe in some abstract principle enough to kill a person you've never meant, haven't you raised that abstract idea -- jihad, national pride, stopping the nazis -- to the level of religious dogma?

Jules · Post by **Jules** » July 19th, 2006, 12:12 pm

I suppose i would say yes, but perhaps the leaders also see war as a chess game for resources or power and only invoke the dogma so the masses go along with what is certainly a horrible action to partake in.
My contribution aside from saying sexually inappropriate things like can you imagine the casualties from a venus war.
Messy floors.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » July 19th, 2006, 12:21 pm

Jules wrote:My contribution aside from saying sexually inappropriate things like can you imagine the casualties from a venus war.
Messy floors.

Grab your mops men! There's a war on!

Jules · Post by **Jules** » July 19th, 2006, 12:30 pm

And co-ed showers for everyone!

Mo Daviau · Post by **Mo Daviau** » July 19th, 2006, 1:40 pm

I like how this thread went from being about war to sex. Kind of like all conversations, really.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » July 19th, 2006, 2:37 pm

Sex and Death are constants. And if I'm in the conversation......its gonna get naughty.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » July 19th, 2006, 2:53 pm

Jules is my hero.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » July 19th, 2006, 2:58 pm

Awwwww. That's so sweeeeet.

Now bend over.

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » July 19th, 2006, 4:40 pm

an anthropologist major friend once told me that history has never given rise to a purely athiest culture, even if some trendsetting european nations are almost there... religion is the basis for most identity, identity=nation, nation=borders, borders=war war war

religion ruins everything.