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S2 Ep1077: The Early Church on Military Service and Killing: Dr. George Kalantzis

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The Differences Between Christians and Everyone Else

I don't like the term pacifist because it has a misunderstanding of passiveness in the face of evil. The Christian means by which we defeat the dragon born to revolution 13 is violence against another human. Tertullian says explicitly, this is the single difference between Christians and everybody else. Love of enemy. This one. Do pagans love their children? Sure. Do pagants love their cities? Absolutely. So, what's the difference with the Christians? We Christians love our enemies. Period.

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