The first sign of any state’s respect of freedom of conscience and religion is the ability to freely renounce the citizenship that you were assigned at birth. The reasoning for such a decision may be the desire to cease participation in crimes of the state and society of which one, as a citizen, is a part (“Not in my name”). In some countries this involves a lengthy procedure with many impossible...
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…
Matthew 5:44
Dear Readers,
This magazine is about our common crime against God, life and love, which immediately devalues all our good deeds and worthy endeavors. Namely, it is about legalized opposition to evil by violence: murders and mutilations of people for the reasons of protection of own life, the motherland and those, who are close.
Each of us morally and materially supports the existence of army, police and other power structures, the work of whom is called to “protect” and to “prevent”, but, practically, carries out threats of murders, and direct harm and deaths of people.
But what could be more important in this life than learning not to harm or kill others?
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Civil Peace Tax. Our right to stop financing the murders
What can we oppose to the law, that turns people into murderers? Literally, without any exaggeration… Perhaps, the best choice would be the the law of humility and love: “Acquire the Spirit of Peace and a thousand souls around you will be saved”. But, studying humility, there is no way to put up with killings and mutilation of people. It is just impossible. It is the time to share...
Costa Rica: 70 years with no army
Without attempting for completeness and correctness, I will allow myself to share observations from meeting this country: with the happiest people on Earth (according to Happy Planet Index); with absence of army for already 70 years – not conscription, and not under contract. Recently, the preview of the annual report of OSAC has came to my attention. It presented unfortunate data: Costa Rica...
Christians and the army. Do we have the right to kill and cripple people?
Is it permissible for a Christian to kill his enemies? What about the enemies of their loved ones and homeland? Is it a sin for a soldier to kill in war? What about crippling someone in a war? What if a police officer kills someone? What if an ordinary citizen does it? Jesus Christ on the protection of life, homeland, and loved ones Let’s figure this out. The saviour of human souls – where and...
Montessori. What stays beyond the textbooks
To achieve peace, the peace must be taught, and not the competition. Actually this is the full quote: Todo el mundo habla de paz, pero nadie educa para la paz. La gente educa para la competencia, y la competencia es el principio de cualquier guerra. Everyone speaks about peace, but no one teaches peace. People learn how to compete, and the competition – is the beginning of any war. This is Pablo...
Do not want to kill people. My story
When I first faced this problem, as well as the dominant very loyal attitude to it in the society, I couldn’t help, but asked myself a question. Why do we live, like nothing happened, knowing, that the price of our tranquility is the fear of violence that we evoke in people, and the very violence itself – cruel, bloody, inhuman? Why does not it worry and hurt us? Hi! My name is Alexander, I...
Modern Tolstoyism
Today’s the 7th January – the day of Christ’s birth. No other day is better for talking about people, like our friends, who have consciously changed their outlook on life towards nonviolence and love. I Nonviolence.ru isn’t about Tolstoyism. But it is undoubtedly indebted to the famous writer’s talent and courage. At the beginning of the 20th Century Tolstoy had many followers who were inspired...