Today I came across Joan Baez’s “funny defense” against the “What would you do if…?” critique of pacifism. It’s a fantastic short read, and I’d recommend it to anyone who’s ever been pinned in a corner by hypothetical arguments about the necessity of violence in some situations (although Baez is wrong about Jesus’s teachings counseling [...]
Archive for July 9, 2009
Sliding Goalposts
Posted: July 9, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Christianity, Good Samaritan, Jesus, logic, Martin Luther King, nonviolence, Pete Kilner, violence
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