"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Thursday, January 25, 2018

You Go To War With The Intent To Kill

"Moses E. Lard of Kentucky, editor of Lard's Q u a r t e r l y , believed that Christ under no circumstances permitted his followers to go to war. Lard attributed the cause of war to men's lusts. War violated God's will for peace and was opposed to the Christian principles of love and good will toward all men. A Christian could not go to war innocently for the very act of going into battle announced an intent to kill. Lard believed that if the government ordered a Christian to go to war, he should refuse, and "if the state arrest him, let it be so, if the state even shoot him, be it so; never let him go to war."

(Johnnie Andrew Collins. PACIFISM IN THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST: 1866-1945.
A dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty of Middle Tennessee State Universityin partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the degree Doctorate of Arts. December, 1984)

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