5.5 - Pacifism and working for peace
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- Created on: 10-01-20 19:18
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- 5.5 - Pacifism and working for peace
- The value of peace
- Limit suffering and develop harmony
- Provides opportunities to promote mutual respect
- Supports the high value that can be placed upon peace [eg. through salvation]
- The belief that any use of violence is wrong, and this includes any acts of war
- Focus on Jesus' teachings
- Brethren, Amish and Quaker
- Conditional pacifism
- The bad consequences of war make them unacceptable
- There are times when an act of war will be less bad than the alternative consequences
- RCC and Anglican churches
- Eg. Self defence
- Love for enemies [Matthew 5:44]
- A time in the future when absolute peace will once again be restored [Isaiah 11:6]
- The value of peace
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