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September 15, 2006
christian non-violence
This story recently caught my eye. I do not write as well as Calvin. I am struct by the simple way he asks "who would jesus bomb?"
Who's Taking Blame for Christian Violence?
by Calvin White
Now that imams in Britain and Canada are standing up and publicly condemning terrorist acts as anti-Muslim and against the teachings in the Qur'an, I wonder if pressure might be put on Christian leaders to take a similar stand.
Contrary to what some might like to insist, Christianity is not the religion of "an eye for an eye" but it is the religion of Jesus, who refined those earlier directions and distilled the ten commandments into two. One was to "love thy neighbor as thyself." Pretty definitive isn't it? As is the edict of turning the other cheek.
Jesus expected to be betrayed. He expected to be arrested by the authorities. There was no exhortations to prepare for battle. There was no bloody attempt to stop the proceedings.
Even as Jesus was brutalized while carrying his own crucifixion cross and being nailed onto the timbers, there was no violent counterforce from his disciples. Not even an outcry.
No matter where one reads in the accounts of Jesus, the only conclusion one can come to is that Jesus was about love.
So where are the Christian leaders when it comes to violent actions by our Western leaders? Where are the televangelists, who every Sunday take over the airwaves to trumpet the message of Jesus, when it comes to taking on bunker busting bombs and mass carnage?
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| By jjtechno | 11:17 PM
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The story was not about islam. Nathan thanks for the comment, but I wonder if there is any easier way to talk about our response as christians.
It is spin to throw terrorists up as the justification for violence. Twisted logic that is.
Hitler was a catholic, pol pot a buddhist, mussolini a catholic, and yet evil all the same. i would urge you to consider the question ?
regards
Posted by: glenH at September 17, 2006 04:26 PM
Maybe you should be asking who will allah bomb next? We are fighting this evil who is wanting to drag the world back in to the 12th century B.C. We do not fire upon civilian targets on purpose. The terrorist know this and take refuge in these areas so if the US does target that area filled with these guys we get blamed for "mass casualties" (looks like someone on here has fallen for it). Take a look at the Middle East right now. The "Religion of Peace" has gotten their knickers in a twist over what the Pope said on Wednesday. Islam clams to be a "religion of peace", but this isn't really proving it for me.
Posted by: Nathan at September 17, 2006 03:50 PM
