Didn't most Christian churches oppose the Iraq War?

[bluestateguy]

Correct me if I am wrong, but as I recall the only Christan denominations to support the war were the Southern Baptists and the Mormons.

[blue sky at night]

1. Kind of goes without saying,

and if your denomination doesn't condemn the war, then you should be looking inside yourself to god for your spiritual guidance.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Yes, the Methodists [Bush's church] were very vocal. nt

[lynne]

5. However, the Methodist's did not mention it from the pulpit -

- the hierarchy expressed their opinion but they do not discuss any politics within the church service. At least, not in my church.

[zcflint09]

6. Yea, they don't discuss politics

Until it comes to "queers gettin murried" and "dat thur abortion"

[lynne]

14. Sorry - but you are incorrect. -

- The UMC church does not discuss gay marriage or abortion from the pulpit, either. The opinion of the church on these matters is addressed in the Church Discipline but you'll generally not hear a discussion about these matters from the pulpit.

In the scheme of organized religion, Methodists are fairly liberal.

[NYC]

3. Episcopals, Quakers, Catholics

in NYC were actively against the war. I didn't hear of any church in New York favoring the war.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. It was almost universally condemned by...

all major denominations, and most of the minor ones. The Peace Churches were the first against it, and the rest took a little more time to realize that it didn't meet Just War critera.

Some,like Baptists, Methodists and Lutherans, have various conservative groups and factions that either supported it outright or ignored it, but the main church bodies didn't buy into it at all.

[demosincebirth]

7. Pentecostals and most of the Evangelical churches where vocal

about their support for the war.

[RummyTheDummy]

8. Vocal?

They were foaming at the mouth in sweet anticipation of muslim blood running in the streets. It's food for their troubled, twisted, dark souls.

[TheFarseer]

9. The Pope condemed the Iraq invasion

He called it "unjust and illegal" Of course the church stresses it's opposition to abortion and you never hear anything about the war, at least not at any church I've been to.

[bluestateguy]

10. John Paul was more vocal in his opposition than Benedict

At least that's how I remember it.

[fishwax]

11. I din't even think the Mormons supported it

well, most mormons did, but in terms of institutional approval, I think the LDS church tried not to take a specific public stand regarding the war. I could be wrong, but I think the mormon church was neutral.

[Selatius]

12. Jesus Christ didn't say to solve your problems by blowing up people

If you cut out all the religious dogma built up over 2,000 years and simply tried to follow the basic principles in his teaching, you would likely never walk the path of war. The fact that you have Christian groups that did support violence and bloodshed gives credence to the words of Gandhi:

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

[misternormal]

16. If you read the "holy" works...

... The bible, book of mormon et al., you will likely find that no one gets smited unless God orders the smiteing.

So any of it being done without the express permission, or direction from God, is against God's law, or something like that.

[Lucy - Claire]

13. Outside American they certainly did....

called it an invasion from the start.

[mmonk]

15. Most American Churches aren't followers

of the teachings of Jesus.