Why do people kill each other?

by The Rebel 29 Replies latest jw friends

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  The Rebel

  Why do there have to be wars? Why is there so much hatred?

  The collective answer I came up with is natalisam, or maybe the correct word should be politics? The individual answer I came up with is that some people cannot restrain themselfs often down to greed.

  Anyway the world today seems so divided, a few born privaliged yet so many refugees. And a world in which most people seem to value personal possessions of greater value than natural affection. I must admit it's difficult to understand why all this is so.

  This is why I can see how my being a member of an organisation that claims to be no part of all this was appealing. However now I am no longer a witness, I realise how much more important the individual role is in a troubled world.

  The Rebel.
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  KateWild

  There is so much war and hatred because many people are greedy and power hungry and selfish.

  There are also many individuals that are caring, generous and selfless. We need to do our best to imitate these qualities in our community and with the people we socialise with and our life will be better.

  Kate xx
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  username

  For selfish reasons! Usually to hide something. It's probably why most of society don't intervene for fear of reprisals.
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  Syme

  Archaeology and paleoanthropology show that violence was much more prevalent in prehistorical bands and groups, than it is today. Violence between rival bands is also very often in some our closest relatives today, the chimpanzees.

  When the first archaic members of Homo sapiens set foot into a new territory, one of the first things they did was exploit to the point of extinction many other species of animals and plants, including other hominids, and even other human rival tribes. That was the rule back then. (and yes, man-caused extinction is a really old habit.)
  

  The "noble savage" notion of Rousseau has been proven today to be a total myth.
  

  Organized society still holds to many injustices and has not stopped wars and violence worldwide; still, in general it is a lot safer world (and time) to live, than living in pre-organized times and places. (This doesn't guarantee, of course, that things will get even better in the future; study of the past indicates, it doesn't prophesy.)

  The evidence indicates that while peace-keeping and altruism are part of our nature when it comes to a tightly tied group like a family, when it comes to relations between groups, violence is our natural tendency. The point of having superior intelligence to other animals is to be able to overcome those bad traits of our nature.
  
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  The Rebel

  Because we actually believe what actually comes out a politicians mouth.

  And then the refusal to take accountability Blair, " it seems I was misinformed with intelligence sources" yea right, imagine Hitler apologising for the Second World War, and Holocaust " It seems I was misinformed with intelligence sources"

  So if we learnt one thing from the watchtower, don't necessarily be taken in my what comes out our leaders mouths, because we have a degree of accountability for there actions if we supported them

  The Rebel.
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  username

  We only have to look at the pasting Russia have given the US over the whole ISIS debacle to see things a little clearer The Rebel. It's hilarious watching our prime minster and the US president panicking and trying to cover up their absolute balls up they have created. Oh and not forgetting ISIS product of the CIA, who in turn protect the president of the US of A!

  Putin's Painted the bad guy for going in to Syria and getting on with a job that the western governments kept saying they were going to do. In this case, it all boils down to one thing. Innocent lives are not on the agenda of our increasing globalist governments who are controlled by the central bank, which in turn fund the military industrial complex therefor raking in huge profits for said banks. War and death is profitable and until the average Joe on the street rises up and say, that's it. we don't want anymore murdering of innocent lives for profit then it will continue. Follow the money trail and the answer will be right there!

  If anyone has any doubts we only need to look at watchtowers investments in the military industrial complex...Yah know, the very organisation that are supposed to be neutral when it comes to war and the most loving spiritual religion on earth!
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  Vanderhoven7

  Money, sex, power, glory, pride, prejudice, hatred, envy etc. (fruit of the flesh) which scripturally speaking, is consistent with fallen human nature.
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  Bonsai

  The universe is violent. Nature is violent. Most living organisms are aggressive and violent. Man's gods are violent. The bible is full of violence. So-called perfect spirit creatures battled and waged war with each other. Our role models that we created for ourselves were a reflection of us. Is there any wonder why there is so much violence and killing amongst humans? We merely reflect the universe we live in. I wish it weren't so.
  
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  Stealth

  We are a tribal species, it's in our DNA. Not going to change anytime soon. We require laws to keep us in line and not exploit others.

  I suspect that if there is intelligent life on another planet that acts for the good of all, they would be way more advanced then us war mongers on earth.
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  Vidiot

  The Rebel - "Why do people kill each other?"

  Duh, human flesh.

  (Tastes like chicken.)

  :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: