Before reading these articles, I thought of Pacifism as taking the easy way out. I saw it as a form of surrender because you did not want to deal with the problem. I realize now that it is probably the boldest move one could make. It's standing up for what you believe in when it comes to war.
Pacifism is about living out what Jesus believed in. I guess I would agree with Pacifism because i don't think it's right to kill a human being intentionally. Pacifism is not about surrender, and taking the easy way out. It's hard to turn the other cheek when someone has struck on the other. It's one of the first lessons Jesus taught us, to not use violence against others. "We must not return evil for evil, Jesus taught, but must return good for evil."
I think this is a great quote. It incorporates one of the best lessons taught by our savior.
We need to find a different approach other than violence, one of the articles stated that non violent protests have done much in our world and they still have that potential. In my opinion there is no "just war". It's all violence and goes against Christian teachings.
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I thought the same thing before reading these articles. But now I realize that being a pacifist takes a lot more than just acting without violence. I know for me it would be really hard to let someone act violently towards me and just let it go. It takes a lot more guts than I thought. They way Dr. King explained it really made sense to me they are not doing this to humiliate their opponent but fighting for a cause.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you both. At first I wasn't sure if I was a pacifist or not. Now I understand that it's more about not being violent. I like the quote you have on "We must not... good for evil." That is how we should live our lives. Turning the other cheek is hard, and it is even harder to love that person after they have struck you. I don't agree with all violence goes against Christian teachings and there can be just wars, however I believe violence is only justified for certain instances and do acknowledge that much of the violence in the world is unjust.
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