Dalai Lama: Progressive Pacifist
Re: 13,000 hear Dalai Lama decry war as 'out of date'
The Dalai Lamas' argument is a flawed progressive one. It implies that war was once "up to date" and the humans have progressed beyond it somehow. Pure pacifism is a sounder argument, implying that war is, was, and ever shall be wrong. Better yet is the Just War Doctrine, which, while stating that war should be avoided, says that it is sometimes necessary.
Re: 13,000 hear Dalai Lama decry war as 'out of date'
The Dalai Lamas' argument is a flawed progressive one. It implies that war was once "up to date" and the humans have progressed beyond it somehow. Pure pacifism is a sounder argument, implying that war is, was, and ever shall be wrong. Better yet is the Just War Doctrine, which, while stating that war should be avoided, says that it is sometimes necessary.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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