war is a part of the "check and balance" system of the worlds societies... without it or any thing like it this world would surely be a terrible place for humans of all types.
lorax111: In the pre historic times it was the elimination of other species. Later it was aquisition of land and/or goods. What is it now and why is it called the same thing when that is not the goal?
War is where human egos clash for self serving purposes....
the passage below is by Mark Twain from his 'The War Prayer'. He is asking if this is really what people in the congregation want when they beseech the help of their Lord to aid them in a coming battle (Philippine-American War of 1899-1902) I spose' you can insert Allah or any other namewarmonger deity in place of 'Lord' but that is how its written so i will leave it for personal choice.
"O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near them! With them -- in spirit -- we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it -- for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.
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It is Humankind's greatest obscenity, be it against each other or our planet.