In the light of the Paris attacks, I think the topic of nonviolence is an important one. The world is watching, waiting, wanting to know what France’s move will be as a counter to this. I believe the response will potentially shape the rest of my life. Do they go after those who attacked? Will they start a war with ISIS? Or will they ignore the terrorist threat and try to heal the wounds they opened? If another war is started, we can be sure the United States will be involved. I honestly think a snowball effect will happen, until the war we currently fight will no longer be the War on Terror, but World War III. Those words are scary ones. After World War I, everyone thought wars would be over, that humans had learned their lesson. Obviously
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This does not mean I will not argue for what I stand for, but it does mean I am willing to pick my battles. Never will I fight for something to point of someone else or myself getting physically hurt. Life is too precious to stomp around and waste it. This is unfathomable to me. If someone comes after my brother, my family, my faith, or my way of life I will fight for them. Again, I will not go to the point of physical violence. I have never understood the point of harming another person. What does it prove? In my mind it does not prove anything. Maybe it shows which side has more muscle, but it does not show which side is in the right. I want to be clear; I do not oppose the Army. The Army is an amazing organization that I believe every country needs in order to protect itself and I am very thankful for every man and woman who serves. I just do not think I …show more content…
It is nonviolence only when we love those that hate us (Barash 2014: 260).” Perhaps this resonates with me because this is a major teaching in Christianity. The Christian teaching of love thy neighbor as thyself, is almost the same idea. The world at large is becoming smaller. There is little chance of every nation agreeing on anything. If one is happy with a human rights issue, another will not be. When an agreement on religion is reached in one region, another will still be quarreling. The list of differences and disagreements will go on and on. A way to unify the world will come through loving one another through every issue we experience. Currently, I feel we second-guess even our allies’ intentions. We sit and wait for someone to screw up and give us a reason to distrust them. What we need to do is treat everyone, enemies included, with compassion and love. It is time to start looking at why the problems exist rather than seeing a disagreement and escalating
This does not mean I will not argue for what I stand for, but it does mean I am willing to pick my battles. Never will I fight for something to point of someone else or myself getting physically hurt. Life is too precious to stomp around and waste it. This is unfathomable to me. If someone comes after my brother, my family, my faith, or my way of life I will fight for them. Again, I will not go to the point of physical violence. I have never understood the point of harming another person. What does it prove? In my mind it does not prove anything. Maybe it shows which side has more muscle, but it does not show which side is in the right. I want to be clear; I do not oppose the Army. The Army is an amazing organization that I believe every country needs in order to protect itself and I am very thankful for every man and woman who serves. I just do not think I …show more content…
It is nonviolence only when we love those that hate us (Barash 2014: 260).” Perhaps this resonates with me because this is a major teaching in Christianity. The Christian teaching of love thy neighbor as thyself, is almost the same idea. The world at large is becoming smaller. There is little chance of every nation agreeing on anything. If one is happy with a human rights issue, another will not be. When an agreement on religion is reached in one region, another will still be quarreling. The list of differences and disagreements will go on and on. A way to unify the world will come through loving one another through every issue we experience. Currently, I feel we second-guess even our allies’ intentions. We sit and wait for someone to screw up and give us a reason to distrust them. What we need to do is treat everyone, enemies included, with compassion and love. It is time to start looking at why the problems exist rather than seeing a disagreement and escalating