Peace

I believe that pacifism is central to the Gospel of Christ. Christians are called to love God with all that they are and to love their neighbors as themselves.

How can we injure/kill those that we are supposed to love?

We are to bless our enemies, pray for those that persecute us, and turn the other cheek. We are not called to die for a country but for a God who gave us His son Jesus Christ as an example of how to live.

Jesus did not raise up an army and fight for our freedom, but suffered on a cross so that we could be free. I disagree with Dietrich Bonhoeffer's participation in the attempt to assasinate Hitler, but I agree with his assertion that when Jesus calls us to pick up our cross and follow him, He call us to suffer and die for him.

It is not the Christians goal to pursue suffering and death, but we should not try to avoid it by dying for something other than the Gospel. We should not kill others so that we can live free and comfortable lives.