Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
You said the values of Christianity are universal. I say they are not. Even going with "thou shall not kill", you will find people that have all sorts of different takes on this. Some people are "never", as in not in war, not in self defense, not to end suffering, not in retaliation, not for any purpose. Some people justify it. All of them are Christians. They usually have reasons to justify their belief that are no better or worse than any others. The "value" is not standard.
I did not say the values of Christianity are universal. I responded that most of the religions cited in the post I quoted were similar in the values they teach. I killed in the military and if I had it to do again I would have declined. We grow as we age and see things. Some very ugly things. I don't want to see any killing and I worry that the tactics of the BLM movement and the alt right will result in more of it. If every one could just take a second and realize the other guy is just as important as you things would be much better in this world.