Am I A Pacifist Now?
Dear History Maker, After finishing the readings for my Discipleship & Ethics class on war and violence, I began to consider the value of Christian pacifism and how it applies to my life. Though I have never been violent myself, I have always enjoyed watching martial arts movies, war movies, and playing videogames that involve either physical combat and/or conquest and the use of artillery or firearms. When violence entered into my reality though, such as seeing fights at school, I was uncomfortable with it. (I think that's why I didn't want to engage in that conversation from Tuesday night about which one of us would win in a fight. Though theoretical, it was infringing on my reality). Basically, as long as violence did not directly affect me and was not a part of my reality, I did not really think about its impact. That is probably why I never really made a decision about how I feel about war and the prospect of taking another life. I