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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    You are taking this verse out of context. Here is the whole context, Luke 22:35-38, 35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered. 36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you...
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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    Why do we only talk about either doing nothing while someone kills your family or killing the person who is coming to harm you. Can't there be another way? The Nazi were people just like us, broken and in need of Jesus, not in need of a bullet in their chest. Same with the Ukrainians and the...
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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    And bless you as well!
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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    But that proves my point, that until the finally battle, (which might be spiritual as well), we fight the spiritual battle here on earth using spiritual weapons.
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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    Just because some Christians do something doesn't make it right. Just because war has and will happen, doesn't mean that Christians have to participate in the killings. Also, just because God can use something bad for good doesn't mean we need to do those bad things. Aren't the people at the...
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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    I still don't understand what you are saying. Are you saying that the wars of the old testament are not to be followed anymore and that war is bad, but that sometimes we as Christians have to partake in it to defeat evil people?
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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    Can you explain this a little bit further?
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    Thoughts on Christian non-violence

    Hi guys! I have been thinking about non-violence and whether Christians should ever be violent and here are my thoughts. When you become a Christian, you are giving your entire life over to Christ. Your life is not your own anymore and you are now called to deny yourself and pick up your cross...