Pacifist Defense #1

A. Unabashed Pacifist: Responding to Questions/Challenges, Part 1

They always ask: “What would you do if somebody was threatening to shoot you with a gun?” The assumption is that I have a gun and would try to defend myself with it. I’d like to respond: “Check your assumptions at the door.”

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

When some people die, the living rejoice to see them gone. If the dead did particularly evil things, they might be remembered, but never revered.
When other people die, the living mourn their passing and remember them with fondness, reverence and memorials.
In your case, we create no memorials. We do not mourn. We re-member you by taking you into our lives and being your living body in the world, nourished by your life-giving presence.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“If you do that to me again, woman, you’re toast.”

[No, I’m sure that’s not what He said to the woman who touched His robe.]

D. Blog: A Child’s Take on Lot’s Story

A father was reading Bible stories to his young daughter. He read, “The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.”

His daughter asked, “But what happened to the flea?”