Christian Pacifism yay/ nay?

[Dunemeister]

May I suggest reading John H Yoder's The Politics of Jesus. The case he makes for pacifism is cogent and, in my opinion, watertight.

 

[idav]

Pacifism only works when everyone is doing it.

The god of the bible supports war in his name.

 

[glyphkenn]

Jesus seemed to be very much the pacifist.
However he gave no encouragement to those who wanted to oust the Romans by force. At the same time he said nothing against the idea.
When he said "give unto Rome that which is Rome's" he was in many ways accepting the status quo.

An eye for an eye was countered by "turn the other cheek" and" love thy enemy"
He is not recorded as commenting on "the just war" concept. "But he did teach that the weak should be protected"

It looks as if he thought that there was a balance to be stuck between "Good and Evil" and this could some times include direct action.

Sitting on the Fence???
I don't think so... I think the Justice of a situation is the decider.

the teachings of Jesus , and his body of work , with out a shadow of doubt refutes just war. People misinterpret some things and give meaning to things he may or may not have said. But his actions spoke much louder than his words on that topic.