Comments on: Coming Clean: A Confession

By: lukelm

lukelm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:35 +0000

I like the humor. Seemed like we were being set up for a different punchline.

I hope you say more on this site about your journey to this point. I think those of us who were cradle pacifists can be rather, well, passive about the whole thing, and it can be an unexamined belief, something accepted simply because “the Bible says so” but never fully wrestled with or thought about, and - therefore - much less lived out.

By: SteveK

SteveK — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:29:52 +0000

I liked your follow up post. I am looking forward to your handling of the responses to your arguments.

By: DavidC

DavidC — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:55:01 +0000

Actually, in a subsequent post I lay out six pretty specific problems people have expressed with my confession of pacifism. You can check it out here. I’m going to make a series out of responding to these objections that I invite any and all to follow. However, I would ask that my pacifist friends don’t get too zealous in defending my responses against further objections in the comments. I’m viewing this series as something of an evangelistic effort toward non-pacifist Christians. Thanks.

By: TimN

TimN — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:16:20 +0000

David,

Thanks for this post. You’re right that its not quite as shocking here. Nevertheless, it’s a good reminder for me, having grown in a community where Christian pacifism was assumed, that this isn’t true for the vast majority of Christians.

It would be interested to hear from you, either in comments or in another post, more about how you experience community pressure against a pacifist stance among Christians. In other words, peer pressure for a just war (or civil religion) position.