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- - - - The aim of war is to create peace
        
        However this is hard because of the:
        Resentment
        Instability
        that is left over
    - - Used to avoid conflict
    - - "He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many people [...] Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any more"
        
        Isaiah 2:4 (Old and New Testament)
  - - - Linked to equality and fairness
        
        Some governments or parts of the world are the cause of injustice
        
        This can lead to conflict
      - The same opportunities for everyone
    - - "He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many people [...] Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war any more"
        
        Isaiah 2:4 (Old and New Testament)
      - He has told you, O man, what is good
        and what the Lord really wants from you
        He want to carry out justice, to love faithfulness
        and to live obediently before your God
        
        Micah 6:8
  - - - Forgiveness does not mean no justice
      - It should just happen after a conflict has been resolved
    - - Christians are taught that if you want to be forgiven, forgive others first
        
        Lord's prayer
    - - Yom Kippur
        
        Offers an opportunity to express sorrow for their sins
        
        God's forgiveness
    - - Believe God offers forgiveness for all those in faith
  - - - Requires conscious effort
        
        It does not mean forgetting about the past
        
        It means working on a better future
- - - - Countries invade if the other is preparing to attack
        
        May stop further conflict
      - War can turn disproportionally large
        
        End up fighting for greed
    - - Going to war to gain resources, land or power
        
        Most religious teaching support this
    - - If a country attacks you attack back
      - The spontaneousness can lead to a dramatic escalation of the war
        
        WW1 began with an assassination
  - - - War is a last resort, after peaceful negotiations
        
        Self-defence
      - Jesus taught pacifism
      - Greed is wrong
    - - Early Judaism, war was a religious duty
        
        Only used for a last resort
      - The ideal is peace
        
        Justice is vital peace
      - Self-defense
        
        Acceptable when Israel countries are threatened
- - - - Types:
        
        Driving a vehicle into pedestrians
        
        Biological attack
        
        Hostage taking
        
        Cyber attacks
        
        Suicide bombers
        
        Car Bomb
        
        "Do not repay evil with evil"
        
        No religion condones terrorism
        
        Although some terrorists link their cause to religion
        
        But some people say that terrorism is their last resort
        
        Peaceful protests and such are not working
        
        No one is listening
        
        Knife attack
        
        Mass shooting
        
        Chemical attack
  - - - All religions agree that conflicts should be resolved peacefully
        
        Martin Luther King Jr organised a peaceful protest about racial injustice
        
        Succeeded in changing the US law about civil rights
- - - - Using living disease-causing bacteria such as anthrax to bring death or serious illness
        
        Germ warfare
        
        Anthrax
    - - Using non-living toxins and chemicals such as agents to cause death or illness
        
        Mustard and sarin gas
    - - Weapons that use conventional explosives to disperse radioactive material into the atmosphere
        
        Dirty bombs, leaves radioactive contamination
    - - Massive explosions that cause immediate destruction of all life and structures within their range.
        
        Radioactive fallout may have long term effects
        
        Hiroshima
  - - - Deterrence
        
        Some religious believe accept the existence of nuclear weapons as a deterrent
        
        MAD, weapons won't be fired
        
        Fear of retaliation
        
        Both countries would lose
    - - Damage animals, plants, trees, food chains
      - Billions of dollars to maintain
        
        Money can be used for the poor and need
      - Uncontrollable
        
        Too many innocent lives lost
      - "Do not murder" a commandment
        
        Only God has the right to end life