Self-Righteous men, and war.

"To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

- Lk 18:9-14

Only self-righteous men start wars, and then clamor for further wars. Only men who are convinced of their own moral superiority label others evil, and kill them - just as they did to Christ.

And for every bomb dropped, for ever bullet shot, for every man, woman, and child ground into pulp by the machinery of warfare, Christ suffers the same. For what we do to the least... we do to Him. We cannot punch a man in the face without spitting in Jesus' eye. We cannot stick a knife in a man's throat without hammering a nail into Jesus' palm. We cannot blow young children into pieces without mocking, scourging, and crucifying the man we call our Lord. Every prayer for war is another thorn in the crown we've placed upon his head. Every petition for victory is another laugh at his dying body. Every self-righteous smile is another spear into the heart of our God.

"Why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and not do what I command you?"

"Love your enemies."
"Do not resist injury."
"All who draw the sword will die by the sword."
"I give you a new command: Love one another as I have loved you."
"Love your enemies."
"Father, forgive them... they know not what they do."

"Why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and not do what I command you?"