John Howard Yoder

Christians should consider that pacifism, which is the belief that violence cannot be justified under any circumstance, is interpretable from Christianity. While this is a strong stance, there are compelling arguments connecting faith and nonresistance. John Howard Yoder lays out the argument that violence is an offense directly against God that cannot be justified. Just War Theory is often raised as a sway for Christians to commit to nonviolence except in certain circumstances. Even if violence could be moral, just war theory does not work, especially in this modern age. Pacifism can result in suffering and even death, but striking back is never justified. As a Christian you may have to accept this violence. One of the fundamental parts of…

The date of Australia day should be changed as it is unfair for the aboriginal people. It should be a day to remember and respect indigenous people as many death had taken place and their land had been invaded by white people. The date should be changed on a date that all Australians agree upon, this way it wouldn’t remind indigenous people that horrible day when their land was invaded. This would also let all Australians become united as new Australian people. Firstly why do we celebrate…

Information was limited for the Australian public and as Keating commented, history had been “white blind-folded”. The damage caused by “muddying the waters of issues raised in Redfern” (Manne, R. u.k) has set back the Australians who were and still are committed to reconciliation. This, I speak of from experience. I was brought up during the time of the Howard government. Everything I heard in relation to Indigenous Australia was filtered down from the Howard government stand point. It wasn’t…

Australia Should change the date of Australia day? This has been a heated argument that’s risen over the past couple of years, with many aboriginal and Torres strait islander people claiming that its celebrating the date (26 January) which began the long destruction of the indigenous people and their culture. Aslam Mr. Debono and fellow students. This speech will state arguments to why Australia should change the date of Australia day. Australia Day, Australia day is the official national day of…

short distance from where the first European settlers landed and is now home to the first urban Aboriginal community. Keating was the first Australian prime minister to publicly acknowledge to the Indigenous that the European settlers were to blame for the misery they survived and continue to live in today. Pearson spoke at the university where he had once studied. As a university is a place of education and Pearson’s speech was given to develop his audiences understanding about Australian and…

mateship is a key component in the Australian Identity. Even Julia Gillard supported John Howard when In 2004, John Howard he said, “An Australia bound together by the common bonds of egalitarianism and mateship, an Australia made up of people proudly drawn from the four corners of the earth - all of them making a wonderful contribution to our modern nation, a modern nation which is proud of its history, proud of its traditions, but ready to change and adapt in the face of changing world…

On 13th Feb 2008 prime minister delivered his speech and apologized on behalf of all australians and saying that we are sorry for what we had done. This was a well known symbolic strategy that has a major impact on the Indigenous peoples. The main message of the speech was to apologize to the indigenous for all the mistreatment that they caused in the past and the effect that it had on them and their families. This was a way to try and remove barriers and build a better relationship and bring…

“More than ever before TV showed the terrible human suffering and sacrifice of war.” (Australia and the Vietnam war, 2007) This statement made by Richard Nixon highlights the impact of media coverage of the war on Australians. Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war between the years of 1962-1972 was a very polarising issue in Australia’s history. In the early stages of war, there seemed to be a lack of interest among the public, however, this disinterest turned into growing opposition and…

The Republican Advisory Committee barely paid attention to the Indigenous issues. As a result, the Republic was defeated and the indigenous right agenda was marginalized with the failure of Howard to propose a preamble which was not related to the republic. The preamble was severely condemned by Aboriginal leaders because Howard did not consult them to draft it. McKenna highlights the impact of the Mabo decision on the republican movement. Indeed, the Mabo decision shattered “the spirit of…

My Epic Hero Journey In this essay I will be deliberating my threshold transition when I am thirty years. I will include five to seven decisions that will change my perspective about life. My five to seven decisions will include me making good grades, A friends death, moving out, marriage, college, and having children.Buy the time I am thirty I hope to wake up in a nice modern house in the suburban part of Charlotte or Raleigh. I will wake to see my husband who is probably getting ready for…