If you are Christian and are in the military , will you go to heaven if you kill ?

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Originally Posted by Ephirith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or in other words, you've got a bevy of selective interpretations and metaphors you can twist around to make the gospel say what you want it to. Lutheran, Calvinist, Adventist, Baptist, Orthodox, Anglican... pick an understanding! They all misunderstand the gospel according to a Catholic.

The absolute best thing you can do is forget about all the guff and just read it. It's not as complicated as all this secondhand knowledge and discussion makes out. The first time I read it for myself I was amazed at how much I had been mislead by others as to what it actually said.

The first lesson of the Renaissance was to go to primary sources, yet so few actually do it even today. I say the same about the Koran BTW - everyone should read it so they know what it is they are arguing about.