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Originally Posted by (the_anawim,) Automatic Nate: I'm a Christian pacifist as well. I'd probably call myself a "christological pacifist" before an eschatological one, but eschatology is central to my system of belief. I just don't want to slip into the Niebuhrian fallacy of thinking that peace is an unattainable ideal on earth. I don't know if that's what you were implying, I was just stating my case.
At any rate, a great site dealing with violence/politics from a Christian perspective is The Ekklesia Project, if you're interested.
Take care.
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I'm a member of the Ekklesia Project. The webmaster, Kevin Poorman, lived on my floor when I was a resident assistant in college, and Dr. Kenneson was (and is) my intellectual and Christian mentor.
As far as eschatology goes, I simply put that qualifier on myself so that I'm never tempted to think that killing this person in particular is an exception that I can make just this one time--while I believe in ordering our life together peacefully has been made possible, I will not on the other hand kill those who threaten that peace.