Explain what the views of a Christian pacifist might be regarding war.

refusal to engage in war. They use all the energies to understand the causes and thus help to prevent it. They seek to bring conflicting sides together by throwing fresh light upon areas of disagreement. Nonetheless, many pacifists consider that it is necessary to have a international armed force (NATO) rather like a police force, to restrain nations from making war with each other, until the time comes when the issues can be settled via rational & peaceful means. Christian pacifists point out that Jesus condemned violence as a way of overcoming evil. They argue that if you use evil means (i.e. all the horror, suffering and death that making war involves) you will yourselves become contaminated by the evil you have released, even though you are thinking your serving the Nobel end. Jesus himself did not use violence. He overcame his ‘enemies’ personal hostility ands hate by refusing to become of it, even though his way of love led to his own death. His disciples must follow his example, on every level from a personal to the international. Only when they do so will true peace are established. Christians pacifists further argue that making war is not only morally wrong but also bad sense as well; war never justifies the terrific expenditure of lives and resources which it entails and war never really solves the problem at hand. Sometimes the victor is exhausted by the struggle and the defeated, filled with resentment and bitterness, may harbour plans for revenge as Hitler & the nazi’s did with the allies in WW2.Thus war sows the seeds of further conflict. This is the plain lesson to be learnt from the past.