Source: Pierre Lemieux
by Pierre Lemieux
“The theological question is, why would a Christian want to kill Muslims even to prevent them from killing other Christians? On the one hand, the martyred Christians are eligible for a blissful eternal life, which has an infinite value, incommensurable with any suffering in their infinitesimally short life on this earth. On the other hand, killing a Muslim for attacking Christians will send him to hell for eternity, while letting him live offers him a chance, as small as it may be, to later discover the true religion and save his soul. … This is as far as we (or I) can go here toward a theological proof that wars of religion are absurd. Economics, however, can explain why they happen, which is the second problem I want to address.” (11/03/25)
https://pierrelemieux.substack.com/p/two-problems-with-wars-of-religion