Those that go to war for their country and kill others.
Is that OK in the eyes of your religion?
Can they be forgiven? Is it an automatic pass because it is war? Etc.
Just a small collection of references which might prove useful/interesting:
In his treatise "The Chaplet, or De Corona" (XI), when discussing "whether warfare is proper at all for Christians," Tertullian (c. 200 C.E.) argued from Scripture the unlawfulness even of a military life itself, concluding, "I banish from us the military life." -
The Ante-Nicene Fathers, 1957, Vol. III, pp. 99, 100.
"A careful review of all the information available goes to show that, until the time of Marcus Aurelius [121-180 C.E.], no Christian became a soldier; and no soldier, after becoming a Christian, remained in military service." (
The Rise of Christianity, by E. W. Barnes, 1947, p. 333)
"It will be seen presently that the evidence for the existence of a single Christian soldier between 60 and about 165 A.D. is exceedingly slight; . . . up to the reign of Marcus Aurelius at least, no Christian would become a soldier after his baptism." (
The Early Church and the World, by C. J. Cadoux, 1955, pp. 275, 276)
"In the second century, Christianity . . . had affirmed the incompatibility of military service with Christianity." (
A Short History of Rome, by G. Ferrero and C. Barbagallo, 1919, p. 382)
"The behavior of the Christians was very different from that of the Romans. . . . Since Christ had preached peace, they refused to become soldiers." (
Our World Through the Ages, by N. Platt and M. J. Drummond, 1961, p. 125)
"The first Christians thought it was wrong to fight, and would not serve in the army even when the Empire needed soldiers." (
The New World's Foundations in the Old, by R. and W. M. West, 1929, p. 131)
"The Christians . . . shrank from public office and military service." ("Persecution of the Christians in Gaul, A.D. 177," by F. P. G. Guizot in
The Great Events by Famous Historians, edited by R. Johnson, 1905, Vol. III, p. 246)
"While they [the Christians] inculcated the maxims of passive obedience, they refused to take any active part in the civil administration or the military defense of the empire. . . . It was impossible that the Christians, without renouncing a more sacred duty, could assume the character of soldiers, of magistrates, or of princes." -
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, Vol. I, p. 416.