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<blockquote data-quote="DanielH" data-source="post: 1435331" data-attributes="member: 18034">I'm downvoting especially because of point 4 which is an insult to Christians who fought and died to protect their countries. If Christians followed this pacifist ideology there would have never been a single Christian country in history. Also the idea that there could be a world without war is just lunacy. This is a fallen world.If someone breaks into your church and starts breaking things, a peacemaker would ask them to leave, and then physically remove them if needed. Christ used a whip and overthrew tables to defend His temple. If someone attacks my family I will take up weapons to stop that.Violence should be a last resort, definitely, but it has a place and time.I would posit that the rejection of military service by the early Christians had more to do with the fact that enlisting would require them to fight for an empire that sacrificed to idols, and enlisting could involve participating in worship and sacrifice with pagans in opposition to Christianity. How that is glanced over by your encyclopedia, I don't know, maybe it is addressed elsewhere.Very selective use of Bible verses as well. Could bring up examples of the Apostles being ordered to buy a sword and the Israelites to kill all of the Canaanites, implying there is a time for war.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DanielH, post: 1435331, member: 18034"] I'm downvoting especially because of point 4 which is an insult to Christians who fought and died to protect their countries. If Christians followed this pacifist ideology there would have never been a single Christian country in history. Also the idea that there could be a world without war is just lunacy. This is a fallen world. If someone breaks into your church and starts breaking things, a peacemaker would ask them to leave, and then physically remove them if needed. Christ used a whip and overthrew tables to defend His temple. If someone attacks my family I will take up weapons to stop that. Violence should be a last resort, definitely, but it has a place and time. I would posit that the rejection of military service by the early Christians had more to do with the fact that enlisting would require them to fight for an empire that sacrificed to idols, and enlisting could involve participating in worship and sacrifice with pagans in opposition to Christianity. How that is glanced over by your encyclopedia, I don't know, maybe it is addressed elsewhere. Very selective use of Bible verses as well. Could bring up examples of the Apostles being ordered to buy a sword and the Israelites to kill all of the Canaanites, implying there is a time for war. [/QUOTE]

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