The Thing With Non-Violence... Peace Keepers and Piece Takers 4 min read A famous religious figure once proclaimed, ‘ He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword .’ We all know the phrase, along with the promoting peace, expressions like ‘turn the other cheek.’ Yet, in an odd paradoxic way, his apostles who were allegedly non-violent, met violent deaths. That fact props up the key argument of this post; it is the decision to do no violence that lead to violent endings. The early brand of spiritual pacifism ignited societal persecution against Christianity, but also other similar non-violent ideologies. How Is The Alternative to Peace Often The Most Peaceful Solution? Those scripture-based beliefs and philosophies were not common among the Germanic Pagan tribes. In contrast, to non-violent ideologies such tribes valued loyalty to their warlord, honoured bravery in combat , and vengeance, for example. Piety to them was martial discipline and defending th...
