Someone dear to me, a little while ago, criticised me for having extremist views, and I presume they continue to think of me this way. Today, I was sent a quote which I think adequately sums up my opinion on and response to such a criticism:
“But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as [...]
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The Five Principles of Non-Violence as Outlined by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Non-violent resistance is not a method for cowards. It does resist. The nonviolent resister is just as strongly opposed to the evil against which he protests, as is the person who uses violence. His method is passive or nonagressive in the sense that [...]
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I was having a think about some of the big names in the realm of Christian Nonviolence, and it occured to me that very few of them actually held what one might consider to be a “traditional” view of Christianity. Adin Ballou, one of the great preachers of Nonresistance in a Christ-centred context, was a [...]
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