Applying Christian Beliefs About Justice Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Conflicts Today

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Applying Christian Beliefs About Justice Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Conflicts Today

Christians' beliefs of justice, forgiveness and reconciliation are

applied in conflicts in society today; here are some examples to

illustrate this.

Some Christians use the idea of justice in war, people like Quakers

believes that war is wrong because there is something of God in all

people and more can be gained by appealing to love and goodness.

Another example is pacifists who believe in peace and violence should

be settled with justice. For example, A Christian called William

Harrison responded it to World War I, he said he would not commit

murder and said that love, pity and forgiveness from Jesus have all

been forgotten, this led into the forming of Conscientious Objection;

people who refused to be enlisted between the age of 18-41 to fight in

the war. This is because they believe in peace and justice to solve

conflict in war. However, their conscientious conviction caused them

to be discriminated and jailed as they refuse to fight for their

country. Some people agreed with their views of non violence and

supporting Christians' view of "thou shall not murder" from the Ten

Commandments from Exodus 20:1-7. On the other hand, many people were

against the views of Conscientious Objectors because many other people

enlisted to fight and dying while the Objectors live, showing lack of

loyalty to their countries and letting the innocent die.

Another situation that apply with Christians' view of justice, and the

biblical reference of Luke 4:16-21, where Jesus was filled with Spirit

of God, being free from fear and oppression. It is relevant to the

1955- 1956 non- violent protest of the Montgomery bus boycott in

Alabama, USA, led by Martin Luther King. This was the biggest non-

violent protest on the issue of racism between black and white people.

A black woman refused to give up a seat for a white man and was arrest

for breaking the segregation laws and causing the protest to start.

About 90%of black people who took the bus joined the protest and

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