tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265441763009809088.post1669481701241920727..comments2023-04-16T01:42:19.756-07:00Comments on The Fast I Choose: Peace Is the Opposite of SecuritySarah S. Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10902345547495041140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265441763009809088.post-88391359343561775852010-12-06T07:24:17.439-08:002010-12-06T07:24:17.439-08:00I'm a pacifist, which means I believe in the a...I'm a pacifist, which means I believe in the active opposition to Evil instead of passively participating in its systems.<br /><br />There is a power of peace which countervails against the power of violence: you can wage peace. MLK, Jr. and Gandhi both engaged in this kind of action. It is based on respecting and loving those whose actions are trying to be your enemy, and it's astoundingly successful and proven through history. More information can be found through <a href="http://www.mettacenter.org/nv/resources/publications" rel="nofollow">the Metta Center's publications</a>, esp. "Search for a Nonviolent Future". That "waging peace" is being put into action in Sudan, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines via <a href="http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/" rel="nofollow">the Nonviolent Peaceforce</a>.<br /><br />As to why this kind of approach doesn't get more respect if it's so damned successful... Well, for that answer, come to the <a href="http://mic-at-50.net" rel="nofollow">MIC@50 conference</a>.Robert Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576124960718643532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265441763009809088.post-48834203396225025262010-12-06T06:40:28.868-08:002010-12-06T06:40:28.868-08:00My point was that heaven and peace in general aren...My point was that heaven and peace in general aren't about security as we understand it. If it were, we'd be kept safe from the adder...the image of heaven/peace we're shown is not OUR image of how that peace should be, and that means we pursue peace here and now in ways that don't match up with God's promise of peace. It's not about security, it's about trust.Sarah S. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902345547495041140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265441763009809088.post-38371370421964104762010-12-05T19:31:04.552-08:002010-12-05T19:31:04.552-08:00Hi Sarah, I enjoyed reading your post very much. ...Hi Sarah, I enjoyed reading your post very much. It was so very full of interesting info that I had not much an idea of.<br />As to the verse, although I have not yet to read it in its full context, I thought it to be more of an image of Heaven, or rather of the world after God has restored it or remade it to what it was meant to be... <br />I did not see it as a place of danger at all.<br />Please correct me if I am wrong.<br />Now I am off to read the whole passage and discover its context.<br />Blessings, and thanks again for sharing :O)<br />KazKazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06417168403249251762noreply@blogger.com