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The Immorality of Pacifism

Pacifism has occasioned many of my blog outbursts.  Dennis Prager did one of his “Ultimate Issues” hours on this topic.  Check it out:

A pacifist believes that killing is always wrong. Don’t confuse this doctrine for a love of peace… War is not the answer? Depends on the question, doesn’t it. It was the answer to […]

Not Just Killing People and Breaking Things

The irony of this familiar discussion about Christian pacifism is interesting. Much of what opponents of the American presence in Iraq would halt by forcing an early pull-out has nothing to do with the use of force. For a fascinating portrait of all the complex ways that the U.S. military seeks to […]

Proactive Nonviolence

Here’s one pacifist’s idea of proactive nonviolence. Click play to hear a recent call to the Dennis Prager show. Although Prager quickly veers into ad hominem, which is atypical of him, I still find the exchange interesting.

The caller’s sister may not be all the things Prager said, but she is certainly treating her brother-in-law […]

Militant Pacifists?

In contrast the civil tone of the debate linked in my previous post, I just read this tidbit from Patrick Mead:

You see, every time I even mention that my son has joined the Marines I get nasty emails from militant Christian pacifists. Some of them are attacks, some are snide remarks, some are […]