Christian attitudes to war : Pacifism
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- Created on: 24-04-16 19:43
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- Christian attitudes to war : Pacifism
- This means refusing to fight in wars
- Modern warfare affects so many people and so war can never be justified
- Some Christian pacifists refuse to be involved in any violence and would not resist anyone who attacks them
- Reasons for Christian pacifism
- Sermon on the mount - resist evil, turn the other cheek and love your enemies
- Jesus stopped Peter when he tried to cut of the soldier's ear - Those who live by the sword die by the sword
- Fifth commandment - Thou shall not kill
- For the first 300 years of the Christian faith, Christians did not fight in wars. This leads people to believe the first Christian leaders were pacifists
- Weapons of mass destruction cause horrible things to happen to civilians, so wars cannot be justified and Christians should not get involved with them
- This means refusing to fight in wars
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