THE REAL JESUS MESSAGE
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: for they shall be called the children of God." "Ye have heard that it hath been said, 'Thou shalt love they neighbor, and hate thine enemy.' But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you..." "Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth..." [from King James Bible, Matthew, chapters 5, 6, 7]
"You cannot serve God and the power of money at the same time..." "Happy are those who claim nothing, for the whole earth will belong to them." "Happy are those who make peace, for they will be known as the sons of God!" [Bible, Matthew, chapter 5, J.B. Phillips translation]
"There never was a good war or a bad peace." -Benjamin Franklin
"After each war there is a little less democracy to save." -Brooks Atkinson
"The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world." -Harry S. Truman
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised 'for the good of its victims' may be the most oppressive." C.S. Lewis
"If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest." -Thomas Jefferson
"Endless money forms the sinews of war." -Cicero
"Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good by force' is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives." -Ayn Rand
"The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war, and they are screened at once from scrutiny." -William Ellery Channing
"Terrorism' is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; 'war' is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it." -Sydney J. Harris
"We make 'national honor' God; and we fail to see the presence of God in other cultures and traditions and people. We make human color and gender the color and gender of God; and we fail to see God in the one who comes in different shades and other forms than ours, though all of our scriptures are clear about equality and all those theologies are sound...We're all simply in it together, swimming together in the energy that is God. All of us." -Sister Joan D. Chittister, Benedictine nun
"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." -George Washington
"All works of love are works of peace." -Mother Teresa
JESUS WAS NOT THE PRINCE OF WAR. HE WAS NOT AGAINST CHARITY. HE WAS IN FAVOR OF WELFARE FOR THE NEEDY AND UNDERSERVED. HE WAS THE OPPOSITE OF GREEDY AND SELFISH. JESUS OF NAZARETH WAS INDEED THE PRINCE OF PEACE. TODAY'S RIGHT-WINGERS WOULD CALL JESUS A SOCIALIST. SIMPLY READ WHAT JESUS SAID AND PREACHED AS REPORTED IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT IN THE BIBLE. READ THE BOOK OF MATTHEW.
KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT JESUS AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE.
