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    Nonviolence Vs. Violence

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    I don’t believe Jesus is an advocate for either nonviolence or violence. In Matthew 15:11 Jesus says that it’s not what you eat or drink that messes you up but it’s what you say that shows how you really feel. That is what defiles you, your words not your ingestion. As the child of God, Jesus tried to avoid violence, but that does not say he was a nonviolent activist. In Matthew 5:39 the one of the most common scriptures “But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee

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    “Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.” Martin Luther King Jr., June 18th, 1956. Imagine a world with absolutely no crime. A world where everyone was nice to each other and no one got bullied at school. What if racism didn’t exist and nobody was judged for their beliefs. Do you see what’s wrong with this image? It simply isn’t possible. We all want the world to be like this

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    before the Civil War, people wanted to know which way is better to free slaves, aggression action or the nonviolence way. The question is, should people use a more aggressive action or should people be nonviolent in their actions? People might disagree with using peaceful tactics because they believe that slave owners deserve what has come to them for decades. The people should go in a more nonviolence way because if they kill the slave owners then they will just be dropping down to their level and revenge

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    Many religions have doctrines that preach towards non-violence. Christians can look towards the Ten Commandments and see phrases such as “Thou shalt not kill” and “Thou shalt not steal. The Buddha also believed in nonviolence seen through verse 130 of the Dhammapada when he was quoted as saying “Putting oneself in another's place, one should not beat or kill others.” However, the religion of Jainism considers non-violence paramount in order to achieve enlightenment. In the teachings of Mahavira

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    skills. In the study titled, Levels and Growth of Specific and General Norms for Nonviolence Among Middle School Students, Dymnicki, Antonio, and Henry analyzed the levels and development of particular and general regulating convictions about nonviolence. There were several aims made by the researchers for this study. First, they wanted to investigate the development and levels of two measures of standards for nonviolence, which included the general beliefs about utilizing nonviolent methodologies

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    Violence and Nonviolence Essay The year 2015 was nicknamed “Year of Protests” and ever since protests have begun to be more violent than peaceful. “It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world, it’s nonviolence or nonexistence.”. This is a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. This quote explains that violence isn’t a choice anymore and that nonviolence is the way to take a stand on something you believe in. Protests should be peaceful and nonviolent because violent protests

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    As Ghandi states on the first paragraph on page 81 “Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.” This is a very true statement, No one is born to be a violent towards anyone or anything. Nonviolence is a key factor for most protesting. If you are violent while to protest you are only provoking the person you are trying to protest against. Nonviolence can take you very far with protesting or anything of that matter because you are not provoking or bothering anyone, you are peacefully

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    promotes anger and hostility. So why do we think in terms of violence first and non-violence second? Is it our primitive instinct of aggression that takes over? The people in Budrus would disagree. In “Pay Attention to Nonviolence”, the people of Palestine did apply nonviolence resistance on the occupying forces of the Israeli soldiers and settlers. For which the Israel government had planned to build barrier on the lands of between Budrus and Palestinian Territories. But the people of Budrus were

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    regime. Thoreau lays the foundation and principles of civil resistance as mentioned before in Civil Disobedience. Donanue states in his article, “Hardly the Voice of the Same Man”, “...to understand Thoreau’s political stance as simply one of ‘mass nonviolence faulty’”. The use of this practice is prevalent throughout time and the world. Due to the physical corruption of man in many disadvantaged areas, it is only necessary to bring about change when crucial. In Carton’s article, “The Price of Privilege”

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    Yes, nonviolence can be more dangerous than violence to a ruling class. Although the results in both situations will be very different. Using violence may bring the result they want but it would only be put in place because of fear. Less people could be hurt because it would bring the message they are trying to send faster but it will be taken the wrong way. People from both sides will be killed and the British people in India would not understand what they were doing was an injustice that should

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