[Peace-discuss] A spiritual perspective on violence

[David Green]

These are important questions, appropriately critical of the view expressed. Do we apply a different moral standard to violent resistance (if we can call 9/11 resistance) than we do to violent perpetrators? It would seem obvious and understandable that we do, but should we? Is it helpful to understand our leaders and ourselves (our role in an ostensibly democratic society) in this way? Is it helpful on a political level, in practical terms? I honestly don't know the answer to these questions.

"John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:    This seems to be referencing primarily jihadists employing physical means of violence.  So here's the question:  What hurts Dick Cheney so bad (sic) that he feels he has to hurt (those he deems adversaries) in order to heal it?  What hurts that guy who owns Blackwater?  Etc.

John Wason


  On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:48 AM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:

    From Neale Donald Walsch:
   
  ....that this is not a day for remembering violence, but for
  memorializing your decision to heal every wound that 
  could cause it.
   
  There is one question that no one will ask of those who use 
  violence to make their point: What hurts you so bad that
  you feel you have to hurt me in order to heal it? 
  
  This does not condone violence, but it can help us to 
  understand it -- and to understand how to stop it. CwG (Conversations with God)
  says, "No one does anything inappropriate, given their
  model of the world." Embracing the wisdom in those
  eleven words could change the course of human history.





       
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