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 VIOLENCE Jesus urged his followers not to resort to violence and not to hit back at those who hurt them. Was he only talking about personal, one-to-one situations? Or was he saying that we must have nothing to do with war, etc.? It's hard to say. The majority of Christian interpreters throughout history have said that war (and capital punishment, etc.) are perfectly in line with Jesus's teaching. But a minority have insisted that Jesus called us all to live by non-violence in every way. It is true that Jesus rejected the idea of a violent rising against the Roman occupation, despite the fact that the Messiah was generally expected to lead one. But he never explicitly forbade his followers from fighting in a war. More of Jesus' sayings |
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