Currently trying to find the correct theological position that simultaneously embodies the loving, forgiving, self sacrificial nature of Christ and also acknowledges that it is distinctly possible that we MAY have to kill these MFs for the good of humanity.
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But like I don't disagree with you.
There comes a time when something is so offensive violence is an appropriate response, though it should be kept as minimal as possible to achieve justice.
https://youtu.be/dfwu0iZp7OM?si=dMVeJtjTu8SLtqRy
https://www.change.org/p/stop-misusing-dietrich-bonhoeffer-to-support-political-violence-and-christian-nationalism?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=992a96d8-c074-43b6-a993-92f8c898643a
I just had the weirdest physical response to that. I *literally* threw up a little and burst into tears at the same time.
Need some time with Bob now
https://youtu.be/VUtX0ZKlwis?si=Iyztd7Z7eZQR3OdD
What do you do when your enemy has no conscience? And if we do come to the conclusion that violence is the only answer, who is going to do it, and what are we going to build after?
When it didn't work, he went and fought in the war.
Morals and ideals have to stick with us through these experiences, or they never had much value to begin with.
But what to do when fighting is the actual answer?
They haven't all come to the same conclusion about it.
Smedley Butler is another, famously called "the fighting Quaker."
The calculus of how to do the least amount of harm with that impossible choice is an interesting question with many historical answers.
Maybe the moral absolute you've assigned to that particular community fails under closer scrutiny, as most of them do, and this community has something to teach you about that.
Who’s death are you going to accept? There is no “no deaths” option left now, they killed it