by Blake » Thu Nov 18, 2010 12:13 pm
ET, in the interest of keeping this about Baptist history and not delving into another argument about scripture and pacifism, I would say that I simply doubt many people (esp. Western Christians) wrestle with the scripture in this way at all. I don't intend to imply that people that really wrestle with scripture will come to believe like I do, but I think historians may be more inclined to document something that people did wrestle with. In this case, it does not appear that many Baptists have wrestled with the peace passages in scripture or we would have more records of people confessing a distinct position.
"But for our parts, to take a carnal weapon in our hands, or use the least violence, either to support or pull down the worst, or to set up or maintain the best of men, we look not upon it to be our duty in the least..."
- Henry Adis