Wisdom from Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way by Walter Wink:
"But can people who are engaged in oppressive acts repent unless they are made uncomfortable with their actions?"
"Violence is simply not radical enough, since it generally changes only the rulers, but not the rules. What use is a revolution that fails to address the fundamental problem: the existence of domination in all its forms and the myth of redemptive violence that perpetuates it?"
"The issue is not “What must I do in order to secure my salvation?” but rather, “What does God require of me in response to the needs of others?” … Otherwise our nonviolence is premised on self-justifying attempts to establish our own purity in the eyes of God, others, and ourselves, and that is nothing less than a satanic temptation to die with clean hands and a dirty heart."
"I cannot really be open to the call of God in a situation of oppression if the one thing I have excluded as an option is my own suffering and death."
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