Don't write pegan, it look to much like vegan. And define 'God'. Also I can tell you that I have more than I care to count and I don't really believe in any of them. There isn't a thor in the sky making thunder with his hammer. I identify as a pagan because I like pagan culture and ethics. Theologically I'm more of a pantheist.

Fellow Pagan! Actually, everything you said just explains my view as well. I do think that anyone can pull a trigger to a weapon, but I think it takes a real master to wield a sword or melee weapon.

Good point, but it's not what I meant. I meant that taking a life is not something that should be easy. It may sometimes be necessary, but then you have be prepared to get blood on your hands. If that's too much, then it's not worth it.

Let me rephrase this, I sound like a serial killer.

I am by nature a pacifist, but wars are still fought every day, and I think it's wrong that such easy tools for killing exist. War is a serious thing and should only be taken up for the utmost serious causes, such as protecting the lives of yourself, your kin and your friends. It takes a lot of courage and determination to make a man take up a sword or axe and face other men in close combat. It doesn't take that much to pull the trigger. This, I believe, is very, VERY wrong.

I'm not even talking about physical difficulty. I'm talking about the decision-making. Pulling a trigger on some is easier than gutting them with your own two hands.

I don't thiunk I need to add anything to this conversation anymore. I've made my point.

I strongly agree with, men (or women) should only need to fight if it is something they fully believe is worth dying for. Many would follow what you had stated, the protection of one's self, kin, and friends. Guns lower the standards of wars, as do nuclear weapons and missiles. Unfortunately, the time for melee combat has passed.

True.

I would like to inquire on your religion as paganism is not a religion but a grouping of non-Christian multi-god/goddess religious usually based around nature.