RE: Is Christianity a Pacifistic Religion?
September 15, 2018 at 4:30 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2018 at 4:31 pm by Brian37.)
No religion is pacifist. Like any entity humans are involved in, political, economic or religious, those groups and even sub sects of those groups seek to keep or gain. It is true depending on time, frame climate and geography if a certain group or sub sect can seek and do seek "peace", but ultimately it is still about maintaining and or gaining. And knowing times change, "peaceful" now, does not mean peaceful forever.
If Buddhism, for example were a "peaceful" religion, you would not see the history of conflict in Asia and the Orient between those sects of Buddhism.
I wouldn't get stuck on labels. Most humans are decent, but it is easy to sell any group of humans a utopia be it economic, political or religious. The key isn't to compare the flaws in any group, but to ultimately understand our species is far older than any of our modern labels, and we are all capable of both great cruelty and great compassion.
I am no fan of old mythology of any label, but it still isn't a matter of camps, but understanding we are still the same species.
If Buddhism, for example were a "peaceful" religion, you would not see the history of conflict in Asia and the Orient between those sects of Buddhism.
I wouldn't get stuck on labels. Most humans are decent, but it is easy to sell any group of humans a utopia be it economic, political or religious. The key isn't to compare the flaws in any group, but to ultimately understand our species is far older than any of our modern labels, and we are all capable of both great cruelty and great compassion.
I am no fan of old mythology of any label, but it still isn't a matter of camps, but understanding we are still the same species.
