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"As long as there are still living beings in cyclic existence, you will work for the good of every sentient being, no exceptions" ❤ Shabkar to Tubten Gyatso (from Buddhist Meditation - The Trials of Solitude chapter) #vegan #PrimumNonNocere #NonViolence
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"As long as there are still living beings in cyclic existence, you will work for the good of every sentient being, no exceptions" ❤ Shabkar to Tubten Gyatso (from Buddhist Meditation - The Trials of Solitude chapter) #vegan #PrimumNonNocere #NonViolence
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"As long as there are still living beings in cyclic existence, you will work for the good of every sentient being, no exceptions" ❤ Shabkar to Tubten Gyatso (from Buddhist Meditation - The Trials of Solitude chapter) #vegan #PrimumNonNocere #NonViolence
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"As long as there are still living beings in cyclic existence, you will work for the good of every sentient being, no exceptions" ❤ Shabkar to Tubten Gyatso (from Buddhist Meditation - The Trials of Solitude chapter) #vegan #PrimumNonNocere #NonViolence
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"As long as there are still living beings in cyclic existence, you will work for the good of every sentient being, no exceptions" ❤ Shabkar to Tubten Gyatso (from Buddhist Meditation - The Trials of Solitude chapter) #vegan #PrimumNonNocere #NonViolence
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Why Do You Boast, Great Warrior?
A Peace Reflection on Psalm 52
“Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?
Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?”
—Psalm 52:1There is something startlingly contemporary about that question.
Why do you boast, great warrior?
The psalm does not merely condemn violence. It confronts the strange human tendency to celebrate it.
We make monuments to conquerors.
We name weapons after predators.
We decorate generals.
We create highlight reels of explosions.
We speak of “dominance,” “strength,” “shock and awe,” “victory,” and “crushing the enemy.”And sometimes the destruction itself becomes evidence of greatness.
Look what we can do.
Look how powerful we are.
Look how afraid others are of us.
Psalm 52 interrupts that boasting with an uncomfortable question:
Why?
Why boast about something that destroys what God loves?
Why brag about the ability to kill?
Why measure greatness by the number of enemies defeated rather than the number of enemies reconciled?
Why are nations proud of weapons capable of destroying cities but embarrassed by diplomacy, compromise, mercy, and restraint?
The psalm was written in a world in which rulers demonstrated their greatness through military power. Kings conquered territory, displayed captives, erected monuments, and told stories about their victories.
In many ways, we have not changed very much.
Our monuments are sometimes digital now.
Missile footage.
Drone-camera images.
Maps showing territory captured.
Military parades.
Defense budgets.
Weapons demonstrations.
Politicians promising to be “tough.”
Commentators speaking casually about bombing places most of us will never visit and people we will never meet.
War becomes abstract.
The enemy becomes a category.
And human beings disappear behind words like targets, assets, combatants, collateral damage, and acceptable losses.
Psalm 52 insists that God sees through all of that language.
Behind every map is somebody’s home.
Behind every casualty figure is a name.
Behind every destroyed building was a room where someone ate breakfast, tucked a child into bed, argued with a spouse, celebrated a birthday, prayed, laughed, worried, and dreamed.
This is one of the essential tasks of peacemaking:
to restore the human face to those whom violence has reduced to categories.
Psalm 52 contrasts two different understandings of power.
One is the power of the “great warrior”—the power to threaten, manipulate, deceive, dominate, and destroy.
The other is far quieter:
the steadfast love of God.
The psalmist eventually says:
“But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.”What an extraordinary alternative image.
Not a sword.
Not a fortress.
Not a chariot.
Not an army.
A tree.
A living thing.
Rooted.
Growing.
Providing shade.
Bearing fruit.
An olive tree, of all things—the source of the olive branch that would eventually become one of humanity’s great symbols of peace.
Perhaps there are two ways to imagine greatness.
One asks:
How much power can I accumulate?
The other asks:
How much life can I nurture?
One asks:
How many enemies can I defeat?
The other asks:
How many enemies can become neighbors?
One builds walls.
The other builds tables.
One produces fear.
The other produces trust.
One leaves ruins.
The other plants trees.
And Psalm 52 makes another important claim:
Violence does not get the final word.
“God’s justice continues forever.”
Empires rarely believe this.
Every empire imagines itself permanent.
Every dictator thinks the palace will remain standing.
Every warlord believes fear will preserve power.
Every weapons system promises security.
But history is littered with the ruins of people who once believed they were invincible.
The psalm reminds us that brute force is spectacular but temporary.
Love is quieter and much more stubborn.
A bomb can destroy a house in seconds.
It takes years to build a community.
A bullet can end a life instantly.
It can take generations to heal the hatred that produced it.
Violence is fast.
Peace is patient.
Which may be one reason humanity so often chooses violence.
Violence gives the illusion of immediate results.
Peace requires imagination.
Negotiation.
Listening.
Justice.
Reconciliation.
Repentance.
Forgiveness.
Courage.
And time.
Yet Jesus places himself squarely within this alternative understanding of power.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Love your enemies.
Pray for those who persecute you.
Put away your sword.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The first shall be last.
The greatest shall be servant of all.
Again and again, Jesus overturns our normal measurements of strength.
The cross itself becomes Christianity’s ultimate critique of domination.
Rome believed the cross demonstrated imperial power.
Jesus transformed it into a revelation of self-giving love.
The empire said:
This is what we can do to you.
God answered:
And still I will love you.
That is a very different kind of power.
For those of us committed to peace, Psalm 52 therefore asks more than whether we personally commit acts of violence.
It asks what we admire.
What do we cheer?
What language do we tolerate?
What stories do we tell our children?
Who receives our monuments?
Whose courage do we celebrate?
Do we know the names of our generals better than the names of our peacemakers?
Perhaps part of building a culture of peace is learning to boast about different things.
Boast about the person who stopped a fight.
Boast about the diplomat who kept talking when everyone else wanted to walk away.
Boast about the conscientious objector who refused to kill.
Boast about the victim who chose restorative justice over revenge.
Boast about the community that welcomed refugees.
Boast about the activists who stood between opposing groups.
Boast about the teacher who taught children how to resolve conflict.
Boast about the soldier who refused an unlawful order.
Boast about the neighbor who crossed a political, racial, religious, or cultural boundary and made a friend.
Boast about the people planting olive trees in places where others would plant land mines.
Maybe that is one way we begin dismantling the myth of redemptive violence.
We change what we call heroic.
Psalm 52 asks:
“Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?”
Perhaps followers of Jesus should answer with another question:
What if greatness is not measured by our ability to destroy an enemy, but by our courage to make peace with one?
The warrior may have the louder story.
The missile may make the larger explosion.
The empire may dominate the headlines.
But somewhere beneath all that noise, God continues planting olive trees.
And God’s justice continues forever.
May we be found among those planting them.
#Anabaptism #biblicalReflection #BlessedAreThePeacemakers #ChristianEthics #ChristianPeacemaking #CultureOfPeace #Devotional #enemyLove #God #GodSJustice #gospelOfPeace #JesusAndPeace #Justice #LoveYourEnemies #mennonite #militarism #mythOfRedemptiveViolence #Nonviolence #OliveBranch #peace #peaceChurch #peaceTheology #PeaceGrooves #Peacemaking #Psalm52 #Psalms #Reconciliation #RestorativeJustice #scriptureReflection #SteadfastLove #Violence #WarAndPeace -
Aimer pleinement l’autre !
L’amour ne se limite pas à une émotion, mais que c’est quelque chose que nous exprimons, que nous faisons, que nous possédons. Et l’amour, c’est aussi quelque chose qui se donne : nous nous donnons de manière spécifique. C’est un cadeau que de se mettre à nu, de se révéler en toute sincérité, quelle que soit l’occasion, avec la seule intention de dévoiler ce qui est vivant en soi. Non pas dans l’intention de faire des reproches, d’émettre des critiques ni […] -
Erica Chenoweth: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know. Stay Unpredictable! – Nonviolent Resistance Is More Successful.
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Erica Chenoweth: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know. Stay Unpredictable! – Nonviolent Resistance Is More Successful.
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Erica Chenoweth: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know. Stay Unpredictable! – Nonviolent Resistance Is More Successful.
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Erica Chenoweth: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know. Stay Unpredictable! – Nonviolent Resistance Is More Successful.
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Erica Chenoweth: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know. Stay Unpredictable! – Nonviolent Resistance Is More Successful.
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23 août : 90 féminicides en France, l'avant dernier, une fillette de 9 ans pendue par son père avant qu'il ne se pende lui-même........... pas le genre de truc qu'on a envie de partager surtout que nous avons déjà chacun.e nos parts de plomb, mais ça me démonte.... Plus de 10 par mois, c'est énorme, et les femmes sont tellement sympas, on ne retrouve toujours pas des hommes émasculés morts un peu partout, je ne sais pas si on réalise ça, qu'il n'y a pas de représailles depuis des siècles et siècles, et c'est tout à l'honneur des femmes et je compte toustes les femmes
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23 août : 90 féminicides en France, l'avant dernier, une fillette de 9 ans pendue par son père avant qu'il ne se pende lui-même........... pas le genre de truc qu'on a envie de partager surtout que nous avons déjà chacun.e nos parts de plomb, mais ça me démonte.... Plus de 10 par mois, c'est énorme, et les femmes sont tellement sympas, on ne retrouve toujours pas des hommes émasculés morts un peu partout, je ne sais pas si on réalise ça, qu'il n'y a pas de représailles depuis des siècles et siècles, et c'est tout à l'honneur des femmes et je compte toustes les femmes
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23 août : 90 féminicides en France, l'avant dernier, une fillette de 9 ans pendue par son père avant qu'il ne se pende lui-même........... pas le genre de truc qu'on a envie de partager surtout que nous avons déjà chacun.e nos parts de plomb, mais ça me démonte.... Plus de 10 par mois, c'est énorme, et les femmes sont tellement sympas, on ne retrouve toujours pas des hommes émasculés morts un peu partout, je ne sais pas si on réalise ça, qu'il n'y a pas de représailles depuis des siècles et siècles, et c'est tout à l'honneur des femmes et je compte toustes les femmes
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23 août : 90 féminicides en France, l'avant dernier, une fillette de 9 ans pendue par son père avant qu'il ne se pende lui-même........... pas le genre de truc qu'on a envie de partager surtout que nous avons déjà chacun.e nos parts de plomb, mais ça me démonte.... Plus de 10 par mois, c'est énorme, et les femmes sont tellement sympas, on ne retrouve toujours pas des hommes émasculés morts un peu partout, je ne sais pas si on réalise ça, qu'il n'y a pas de représailles depuis des siècles et siècles, et c'est tout à l'honneur des femmes et je compte toustes les femmes
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23 août : 90 féminicides en France, l'avant dernier, une fillette de 9 ans pendue par son père avant qu'il ne se pende lui-même........... pas le genre de truc qu'on a envie de partager surtout que nous avons déjà chacun.e nos parts de plomb, mais ça me démonte.... Plus de 10 par mois, c'est énorme, et les femmes sont tellement sympas, on ne retrouve toujours pas des hommes émasculés morts un peu partout, je ne sais pas si on réalise ça, qu'il n'y a pas de représailles depuis des siècles et siècles, et c'est tout à l'honneur des femmes et je compte toustes les femmes
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ihren Ländern und lokalen Gemeinschaften, für Frieden und Abrüstung, für echte Demokratie, für eine Politik gemeinsamer Sicherheit und für die Verwirklichung und den Schutz der Menschenrechte.“
Wenn ihr Interesse habt, schaut hier rein:
https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/de/startseite/Und es gibt eine Miniumfrage, nur 5 Fragen, bitte macht da mit:
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ihren Ländern und lokalen Gemeinschaften, für Frieden und Abrüstung, für echte Demokratie, für eine Politik gemeinsamer Sicherheit und für die Verwirklichung und den Schutz der Menschenrechte.“
Wenn ihr Interesse habt, schaut hier rein:
https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/de/startseite/Und es gibt eine Miniumfrage, nur 5 Fragen, bitte macht da mit:
https://privacysafe.social/@nonviolence2027/117139057831975817
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ihren Ländern und lokalen Gemeinschaften, für Frieden und Abrüstung, für echte Demokratie, für eine Politik gemeinsamer Sicherheit und für die Verwirklichung und den Schutz der Menschenrechte.“
Wenn ihr Interesse habt, schaut hier rein:
https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/de/startseite/Und es gibt eine Miniumfrage, nur 5 Fragen, bitte macht da mit:
https://privacysafe.social/@nonviolence2027/117139057831975817
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ihren Ländern und lokalen Gemeinschaften, für Frieden und Abrüstung, für echte Demokratie, für eine Politik gemeinsamer Sicherheit und für die Verwirklichung und den Schutz der Menschenrechte.“
Wenn ihr Interesse habt, schaut hier rein:
https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/de/startseite/Und es gibt eine Miniumfrage, nur 5 Fragen, bitte macht da mit:
https://privacysafe.social/@nonviolence2027/117139057831975817
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🕊️ We're gathering input to shape the Berlin2027 Active Nonviolence World Gathering (26 Sep – 3 Oct 2027).
Short survey (2-3min), available in 8 languages 🌍
👉 https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/survey/Your perspective on active nonviolence will directly inform the event's design.
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🕊️ We're gathering input to shape the Berlin2027 Active Nonviolence World Gathering (26 Sep – 3 Oct 2027).
Short survey (2-3min), available in 8 languages 🌍
👉 https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/survey/Your perspective on active nonviolence will directly inform the event's design.
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🕊️ We're gathering input to shape the Berlin2027 Active Nonviolence World Gathering (26 Sep – 3 Oct 2027).
Short survey (2-3min), available in 8 languages 🌍
👉 https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/survey/Your perspective on active nonviolence will directly inform the event's design.
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🕊️ We're gathering input to shape the Berlin2027 Active Nonviolence World Gathering (26 Sep – 3 Oct 2027).
Short survey (2-3min), available in 8 languages 🌍
👉 https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/survey/Your perspective on active nonviolence will directly inform the event's design.
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🕊️ We're gathering input to shape the Berlin2027 Active Nonviolence World Gathering (26 Sep – 3 Oct 2027).
Short survey (2-3min), available in 8 languages 🌍
👉 https://www.non-violence.org/Berlin2027/survey/Your perspective on active nonviolence will directly inform the event's design.
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#israel #sudan #uganda #earth #violence #family #terrorvictims #uno #nonviolence
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… prescient discussions 94 years ago between leading scientist Albert Einstein and psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud that remain just as salient today.“
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#israel #sudan #uganda #earth #violence #family #terrorvictims #uno #nonviolence
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… prescient discussions 94 years ago between leading scientist Albert Einstein and psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud that remain just as salient today.“
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#israel #sudan #uganda #earth #violence #family #terrorvictims #uno #nonviolence
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… prescient discussions 94 years ago between leading scientist Albert Einstein and psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud that remain just as salient today.“
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#israel #sudan #uganda #earth #violence #family #terrorvictims #uno #nonviolence
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… prescient discussions 94 years ago between leading scientist Albert Einstein and psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud that remain just as salient today.“
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#israel #sudan #uganda #earth #violence #family #terrorvictims #uno #nonviolence
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… prescient discussions 94 years ago between leading scientist Albert Einstein and psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud that remain just as salient today.“
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#israel #sudan #uganda : #earth / #violence / #family / #terrorvictims / #uno / #nonviolence
„Rachel Goldberg-Polin is a dual national of the United States and Israel whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was among more than 250 people captured during the 2023 Hamas attack at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. He was held hostage in Gaza for 328 days before being killed. (…)
She said two human instincts – love and destruction – are “woven into our DNA”, recalling …
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#israel #sudan #uganda : #earth / #violence / #family / #terrorvictims / #uno / #nonviolence
„Rachel Goldberg-Polin is a dual national of the United States and Israel whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was among more than 250 people captured during the 2023 Hamas attack at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. He was held hostage in Gaza for 328 days before being killed. (…)
She said two human instincts – love and destruction – are “woven into our DNA”, recalling …
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#israel #sudan #uganda : #earth / #violence / #family / #terrorvictims / #uno / #nonviolence
„Rachel Goldberg-Polin is a dual national of the United States and Israel whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was among more than 250 people captured during the 2023 Hamas attack at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. He was held hostage in Gaza for 328 days before being killed. (…)
She said two human instincts – love and destruction – are “woven into our DNA”, recalling …
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#israel #sudan #uganda : #earth / #violence / #family / #terrorvictims / #uno / #nonviolence
„Rachel Goldberg-Polin is a dual national of the United States and Israel whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was among more than 250 people captured during the 2023 Hamas attack at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. He was held hostage in Gaza for 328 days before being killed. (…)
She said two human instincts – love and destruction – are “woven into our DNA”, recalling …
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#israel #sudan #uganda : #earth / #violence / #family / #terrorvictims / #uno / #nonviolence
„Rachel Goldberg-Polin is a dual national of the United States and Israel whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was among more than 250 people captured during the 2023 Hamas attack at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. He was held hostage in Gaza for 328 days before being killed. (…)
She said two human instincts – love and destruction – are “woven into our DNA”, recalling …
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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/20/26: Sam Husseini on journalism, his campaign for Congress, the name of this country
https://youtu.be/HzcSMTvpltk?si=5Le6S1fvMdTH0akB
#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
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https://youtu.be/HzcSMTvpltk?si=5Le6S1fvMdTH0akB
#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/20/26: Sam Husseini on journalism, his campaign for Congress, the name of this country
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Russia’s war on Ukraine an imperial project that must be stopped multilaterally: Lithuanian Envoy to India https://www.byteseu.com/2292472/ #DianaMickeviciene #ImperialProject #InternationalAction #Lithuania #LithuaniaAmbassador #MoscowPressure #MultilateralEfforts #NonViolence #PeacefulResistance #RussiaUkraineConflict #SovietRule
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All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from non-violence you turn non-violence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited by justice and love have no liberating or reconciling force, and are never sources of life.
-- Jean Goss⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JeanGoss #Ideology #Justice #NonViolence
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
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All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from non-violence you turn non-violence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited by justice and love have no liberating or reconciling force, and are never sources of life.
-- Jean Goss⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JeanGoss #Ideology #Justice #NonViolence
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
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All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from non-violence you turn non-violence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited by justice and love have no liberating or reconciling force, and are never sources of life.
-- Jean Goss⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JeanGoss #Ideology #Justice #NonViolence
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
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All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from non-violence you turn non-violence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited by justice and love have no liberating or reconciling force, and are never sources of life.
-- Jean Goss⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JeanGoss #Ideology #Justice #NonViolence
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
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All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from non-violence you turn non-violence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited by justice and love have no liberating or reconciling force, and are never sources of life.
-- Jean Goss⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JeanGoss #Ideology #Justice #NonViolence
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
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Civilization As The Gradual Refusal Of Violence
Civilization is often described as humanity's triumph over violence, yet much of what modern life depends upon still requires harm, often hidden, procedural, or framed as unavoidable. This book frames civilization not as a finished state but as a direction of travel, a slow and uneven movement away from killing, coercion, and domination as default tools for solving problems.
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Civilization As The Gradual Refusal Of Violence
Civilization is often described as humanity's triumph over violence, yet much of what modern life depends upon still requires harm, often hidden, procedural, or framed as unavoidable. This book frames civilization not as a finished state but as a direction of travel, a slow and uneven movement away from killing, coercion, and domination as default tools for solving problems.
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Civilization As The Gradual Refusal Of Violence
Civilization is often described as humanity's triumph over violence, yet much of what modern life depends upon still requires harm, often hidden, procedural, or framed as unavoidable. This book frames civilization not as a finished state but as a direction of travel, a slow and uneven movement away from killing, coercion, and domination as default tools for solving problems.
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Civilization As The Gradual Refusal Of Violence
Civilization is often described as humanity's triumph over violence, yet much of what modern life depends upon still requires harm, often hidden, procedural, or framed as unavoidable. This book frames civilization not as a finished state but as a direction of travel, a slow and uneven movement away from killing, coercion, and domination as default tools for solving problems.
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Civilization As The Gradual Refusal Of Violence
Civilization is often described as humanity's triumph over violence, yet much of what modern life depends upon still requires harm, often hidden, procedural, or framed as unavoidable. This book frames civilization not as a finished state but as a direction of travel, a slow and uneven movement away from killing, coercion, and domination as default tools for solving problems.
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The Aggressive Creativity of Jesus-Shaped Pacifism
Jesus-shaped pacifism is still aggressive—it’s just differently aggressive. It’s a unique way of acting that challenges difficult situations by flipping the script. Jesus proposes several ideas to provoke the imagination in such directions:
If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other cheek for them to slap and see what happens. Will they actually slap you again? Will they suddenly come to terms with themselves? Will anyone watching really choose the aggressor’s side after that?
If someone sues you for your shirt, give them your cloak too. Will they feel sickened by your offer? Will they still be able to take joy in their winnings? Will they start to realize that they have become petty enough to try to take your shirt in the first place?
If a soldier demeans you by using their legal rights to force you to carry their belongings for a mile, offer to walk an extra mile. Will they start to sweat at your kindness? Will all of the insults they made and expectations they set over the last mile start to feel gross to them? Will they even want you to do another mile? And if they don’t, then why did they make you do the first mile?
Jesus gives these examples to inspire us to choose a new Spirit-led way of responding to difficulty. They are not precise commands of what to do if you find yourself in these exact situations, for there is often more than one Jesus-like reaction in every situation. The problem is that we never experiment enough to learn this lesson, for we are more prone to choose the body’s way of fight, flight, freeze, or flop.
Jesus calls us to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. These jarring examples that invite us to do jarring things are his classic examples of what this wise innocence looks like.
What is your normal reaction to the difficult situation you’ve been facing that never seems to go away? What might it look like to choose the backward ways of Jesus, where even persecution on a cross turns into resurrection on a throne?
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