Violence, War and Revenge Solve Nothing

It’s not a secret, I am pro-peace; you could even say I’m a Pacifist. Keep in mind, being pro-peace is more then simply being a Pacifist. Being pro-peace means I am unwilling to accept war, violence, revenge, or destruction at any level.

The way I see it, war, violence, revenge, and destruction, in any form, is not part of our faith, or at least it shouldn’t be. Looking back, our faith accepted war, violence, revenge, and destruction soon after it became the official religion of the Roman State. When the Christian faith became the official faith of the State, we started to gain power, and that power corrupted the teachings of Christ to fit the needs of the State. War, violence, revenge, and destruction are wrong, no matter how you define it, no matter how you justify it, no matter what you use as logic to defend it, no matter what the State says – they are all simply wrong. The idea that anyone would take the life of another seems so far beyond my reasoning, so far beyond the scope of my faith, that it is simply impossible for me to support at any level, for any reason.

What good comes from killing? Taking the life of another will not solve anything, it just keeps the cycle of hate running wild. My stomach turns when I hear of innocent people being killed just because they were in the area – but the part that burns my spirit even more, is that those who claim to follow Christ writing off this killing as “the cost of war.” Instead of speaking out against the killing, they sit back and give excuses for the killing, they strive to explain it away as just something that happens – well, I’m disgusted, and all Followers of Christ should be.