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Prince of Peace - God Of War Free Download
By George 'El Guapo' Roush on October 9, 2008
Fellow writer and movie lover John Campea made a documentary in his spare time about religion and its influence and perspective on war. I have to give this guy credit for busting his balls and making such a controversial documentary on a touchy subject like war, much less the religious views today's Christians have on the subject. I know in my spare time I'm usually wasting it playing in poker tournaments instead of doing something that's actually constructive.After hitting the festival circuit and selling out of the DVD, John decided to make this film available to anyone. John's website tells you more about it: How did the command to “Love Your Enemies” get so complicated? This was the question I had for years both when I was a minister in the church and ever since I left it. It seemed to me the religious right, more a political force than anything else, who embraced policies of violence, killing and destruction, all in the name of a God they claimed to follow seemed to be at odds with the teachings of the founder of their faith. For the first three centuries that the church existed, those belonging to the faith of Christianity understood the words and example of Jesus to be a clear directive to never be involved with violence. To be a Christian was to be a Pacifist, and during those formative years the church endured several persecutions at the hands of the Roman Empire itself without ever considering taking up the sword against their aggressors. How did this faith, known and identified for its non-violent beliefs, go on to conduct the crusades, the inquisitions, witch hunts, and today have 87% of white evangelical Christians support President George W. Bush’s decision to go to war with Iraq? How did this religion, founded by a Pacifist and known (even criticized) for non-violence, become a religion known for its aggression, war, political power and embracing of violence? So, in 2006 I decided to travel across North America and talk to scholars, historians, authors and religious leaders on both sides of the issue (not the cheap Bill Maher tactics of only talking to crazy people on whichever side he stands opposed to) to understand why some believe the Christian faith allows for killing and others in the exact same faith believe that to truly follow the faith, one must never take life. The result was this project “Prince of Peace - God of War”  Leave comments below or on the linked page and tell John your thoughts on the documentary!
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Comments
cool Fri Oct 31 at 22:32 EST
you suck
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Curious Fri Oct 10 at 23:55 EST
I would like to know more about this subject from the people being interviewed.
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lame Fri Oct 10 at 15:05 EST
another doc about Christianity warmongering. How come I never see docs on a certain other religion that is about 6000 times more violent. Oh I remember because people are too scared sh*tless to tackle any group other than Christians cuz say what you will, they won't shoot you in the street for it. Long live Van Gogh.
Permalinksounds interesting Fri Oct 10 at 02:22 EST
iam not religious nor do i believe (plz dont call me aethist i hate it when they) this seems pretty intresting. but why do ppl always have to bring religion into polictics, in my OPINION it just FUCKS things up,
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Great Fri Oct 10 at 00:40 EST
I am a fairly religious Catholic who lives in a town mostly populated by aethiests and jews and i hate it when people make remarks on how hateful and violent my religion is. We read "the crucible" in class (im a sophmore in high school) and i actually had to bring in a bible and quote the gospels to get people to stop calling christians extremist murderers. I would actually like to have this issue cleared up.
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