WAR

WAR     Why war?... Why war when we claim that we believe in respect for life?... Why war when we say we believe in God's Command: THOU SHALL NOT KILL...? Why war when we say that we believe in Jesus who also said:  LOVE YOUR ENEMY...? Why war when we express the wish to see an end to suffering?...why, why?...
Killing our brothers and sisters for land, power, gold, money, democracy, convenience or to protect the faith/religon, will always generate more injustices, more violence  and  more wars. Leaders try to justify their declaration of war but war leaves too many deaths and too much suffering to justify the action.   (70 million human beings suffered and died from wars between 1914-1945 alone)  and that does not include the hundreds of soldiers and others (children, women) who were destabilized emotionally for the rest of their life.
When will humankind start acting on its beliefs?... When will we start being channels of peace and justice instead of war?...when, when?...
THOU SHALL NOT KILL...Torah, O.T. Ex 20:13

LOVE YOUR ENEMY...Lk 6:27-28  N.T.

THE "ENEMY" VANISHES WHEN WE REALIZE THAT THE ENEMY IS ALSO SUFFERING; IT IS REPLACED BY COMPASSION.   Thich Nhat Hanh
OUR ENEMIES ARE NOT DEMONS BUT HUMAN BEINGS LIKE OURSELVES... Tao Te Ching (550 B.C.E.)

FEELING LOVE CIRCULATE THROUGH YOU MAKES YOU WANT TO NURTURE LIFE, NOT DESTROY IT.   John Welwood 

WE REAP WHAT WE SOW... Gal 6:7

VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE...Martin Luther King

NONVIOLENCE IS A UNIVERSAL ETHIC AT THE HEART OF CREATION.   R. Rohr

MASS MURDER IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY OR PATRIOTISM IS THE IDOLATRY OF THE NATION-STATE.   Brennan Manning

WHOEVER SOWS INJUSTICE WILL REAP CALAMITY...Proverb

WEAK PEOPLE REVENGE, STRONG PEOPLE FORGIVE... Buddha

I OBJECT TO VIOLENCE BECAUSE WHEN IT APPEARS TO DO GOOD, THE GOOD IS TEMPORARY; THE EVIL IT DOES IS PERMANENT.   Gandhi

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, FOR THEY WILL BE CALLED SONS (and DAUGHTERS) OF GOD...  Matt 5:9

I AM FOR PEACE; BUT WHEN I SPEAK, THEY ARE FOR WAR.  Ps 120:7

A "THEORY OF UNJUST WAR" WOULD CONSIDER THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF WAR ON THE INNOCENT.   J. Chittister

WAR IS THE RED HORSE, BLOODY AND CRUEL, MAKING LIFE MISERABLE AND CRUEL...Eugene Peterson from his book REVERSED THUNDER  The Revelation of John & the Praying Imagination.

TO FEED THE HUNGRY MEANS TO DO AWAY WITH MILITARISM. TO BLESS THE CHILDREN MEANS TO LEAVE THE TREES STANDING FOR THEM.    Dorothee Soelle






PEACE

PEACE...the pearl of great price

 PEACE    


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