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	Nonresistance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nonresistance (or non-resistance) discourages physical resistance to an enemy and is a subdivision of nonviolence.
		Nonresistance to evil does not mean absence of any resistance whatsoever but it means not resisting evil with evil but with good.
		In Anabaptist churches the term has come to be defined in contrast with pacifism, which is seen by advocates of nonresistance as a more liberal theology because it allows adherents to work actively against their enemies as long as they remain physically nonviolent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nonresistance (917 words)

	Nonresistance to Peace
		The doctrine of nonresistance is a core Brethren belief that has undergone considerable transition in thought and practice, resulting in a peace position that is only a shadow of biblical nonresistance.
		Nonresistance continued to be affirmed through such Anabaptist statements as the Schleitheim Confession of Faith prepared by the Swiss Brethren in 1527.
		The transformation of the doctrine of nonresistance was practically completed in 1948 when the Conference ruled that the church would seek to maintain fellowship with all who sincerely follow the guidance of their consciences.
	www.brfwitness.org /Articles/1999v34n2.htm (2913 words)

	Biblical Pacifism
		Nonresistance evolved further to claim, based on one interpretation of Paul’s letter to the Romans, followers of Christ must not take part in the political system: “There is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God” (Romans 13:1), and therefore must not be challenged.
		These scriptures lead eighteenth century Brethren to believe in similar fashion to nonresistant Christians that “war was contrary to the life, spirit, and teachings of Jesus,” and “for them [as Christians] to fight [in war as soldiers]” was sin (Bowman, 43).
		Nonresisters have been known for their separation from the greater world, and in this, they can teach those who lean more toward mirroring the nonviolent resistance shaped by the world that does not claim accountability to Christ.
	users.manchester.edu /Student/TEPoling/bpac.htm (2893 words)

	Pacifism and Biblical Nonresistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The term nonresistant is of course taken from the word of Christ, "Resist not him that is evil" (Matthew 5:39).
		In the latter part of the second century the pagan critic of Christianity, Celsus, was keenly aware of the nonresistance of the Christians, and he did not hesitate to point out to them their duty to fight for the king.
		A difficult question of ethics for nonresistant Christians involves the payment of taxes specifically labeled as war taxes, or even the payment of that portion of their federal income tax which is allocated for the support of war.
	www.bibleviews.com /Biblicalnonresist.html (5245 words)

	Nonresistance - InterVarsity.org
		Nonresistance is one aspect of the biblical teaching on separation from the world.
		Nonresistance is part of a perfect, systematic, logical system which commends itself to the thinking Christian.
		It is therefore necessary for believers to practice nonresistance as they look for the return of Christ and the execution of vengeance.
	www.intervarsity.org /news/news.php?item_id=1163 (2560 words)

	Moving Beyond Nonresistance
		Passive nonresistance is grounded in a two-kingdom theology, which believes that there are two radically separate kingdoms; the kingdom of this world and the kingdom of God.
		Passive nonresistance is biblically based upon a particular understanding of Matthew 5:39, which says, in the King James Version, "resist not evil." I believe this is an erroneous interpretation of Jesus' teachings.
		There have been nonresistant Mennonites with such a tender conscience that they were hesitant to post "No Trespassing Signs" on their property because it might give the appearance of threatening wandering hunters with the force of the law.
	peace.mennolink.org /articles/leobeyond.html (3496 words)

	nonresistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The true example of nonresistant Christians can be found first in our Redeemer, described by the four gospels and foretold by the prophets: "He was oppressed and he was afflicted; yet, he opened not his mouth.
		We can also see how our dear martyrs practiced nonresistance, as many times they walked into the hands of their captors and freely surrendered to being in bonds and in prisons even though they were truly innocent.
		Often when they were sentenced to the stake, they hurriedly and joyfully advanced to the place of execution, not having to be forced and humbly letting the people exercise their revengeful deeds.
	www.bluffton.edu /~mastg/nonresistance.htm (338 words)

	The Christian and Nonresistance
		Nonresistance is a principle taught in the Scriptures.
		It is Satan's counterfeit for the doctrine of nonresistance.
		Nonresistance describes the faith and life of those who accept the Scriptures as the revealed will of God, and who cannot participate in warfare because their Lord forbids it.
	www.brfwitness.org /Articles/1968v3n1.htm (2684 words)

	COOPERATVE PEACE: Chapter XIII
		Under nonresistance, the civilizing influence of nonbelligerency is operating all the while.
		Nonresistance and self-abnegation are foils against international power politics and ruthless acquisitiveness that characterize profit capitalism.
		Like conscientious objection to war, nonresistance holds up an ideal which in the present world is not acceptable to those who impatiently want to get things done at once and who proceed to accomplish their ends by destructive methods.
	abob.libs.uga.edu /bobk/coopc13.html (2670 words)

	Article 22. Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance - Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective - Mennonite Church Canada
		That is a reason for the special concern for the poor and the oppressed evident in the Bible (Deuteronomy 24:10-22; Matthew 20:1-16; James 2:5).
		Nonresistance means "not resisting." Our example is Jesus, who endured accusation and abuse without retaliating.
		This cry was amplified by the shedding of his blood, which creates a just, forgiving community of the new covenant (Hebrews 5:7-10).
	www.mennonitechurch.ca /about/cof/art.22.htm (841 words)

	The Power of Non Resistance / Insights from SpiritNetwork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When you are nonresistant toward the vision of what you want, your vision runs to meet you.
		Nonresistance means that when the deal falls through, you are happy for the experience.
		Nonresistance means that when another vehicle smashes your car, you let go of anger and upset.
	spiritnetwork.com /insights/indexpower.html (913 words)

	The Principle of Nonresistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He taught that a Christian is to be strictly nonresistant and that no one can as a Christian have a part in violence and bloodshed, be it in self-defense or in war.
		The answer is that during the Reformation period the Waldenses yielded to influences of one of the leading Protestant churches which defended the rightfulness of a union of church and state and of war.
		In the Reformation era the persecutors of the evangelical, nonresistant Anabaptists often advanced the charge that their teaching on nonresistance was but a cloak to hide their evil intentions against the civil governments.
	www.bibleviews.com /Nonresistance-Horsch.html (8664 words)

	Anabaptists and Sectarian Pacifism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From its earliest days, pacifism and nonresistance formed a central tenet in the theology of the Anabaptist movement, qualities that were impossible in societies headed by kings who kept standing armies, and who thus needed to be ready to kill.
		And, in good nonresistant fashion, the Hutterites let their property go to the state in this way without any overt protest; it was one of the milder forms of persecution that they endured.
		Pacifism and nonresistance appear to have survived best with those Anabaptists and Mennonites who left the homelands of the founding Mennonites and moved to countries such as Russia and America.
	peter.chattaway.com /articles/anabapti.htm (2791 words)

	The Christian & War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The position of nonresistance derives its name from NT teaching in Matt 5:39, “Do not resist him who is evil.” A simple reading of Matt 5:38–48 shows that there is at least some form of personal nonresistance expected of the believer.
		He was not teaching unlimited nonresistance, but rather that the believer must have the spirit of nonresistance so that he retaliates only as a last resort, and then in the continued spirit of love.
		Nonresistance then should not be passive but rather active as Christ’s commandments are carried out.
	www.faithmaps.org /plasteronwar.htm (8355 words)

	H:\J\JOHNDR\My Documents\MHLWWW\RefocusingaVision\TEDKOONTZ.HTM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And in a recent conversation with a Mennonite survivor of sexual abuse I was told that during the years when she was being abused by her father he was a leading advocate of the peace position in his community and actively opposed the introduction of ROTC into the schools.
		When nonresistance, or pacifism, grows first out of external pressure to conform to the demands of a judgmental God or a judgmental community, it can easily become a dangerous or violent threat-to oneself or to others.
		To abandon nonresistance would be to abandon something with deep roots in the New Testament that has been important for Mennonites throughout their history.
	www.goshen.edu /mhl/Refocusing/TEDKOONTZ.HTM (5453 words)

	Nonresistance
		Nonresistance is not the line of least resistance.
		Nonresistance is the triumphant highway of the hero of the universe, the soul that has won consciousness of its identity, its place in everlastingness.
		Nonresistance is the irresistibility that delivers us whenever there is need of deliverance, that wraps us in the shining mantle of God’s protecting love, that flings wide the portals of the highest heaven, that within the tempest’s chant sings the conqueror’s anthem.
	www.webspawner.com /users/lgalloviejo5 (867 words)

	Wider View - Third Way Cafe - Mennonite Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They say pacifist activism violates the principle of nonresistance, a word that comes from Jesus' command not to resist one who is evil (Matt.
		Nonresistance, as Jesus described it in Matthew 5, means not fighting back when attacked.
		No one needs to be called a pacifist if they don't want to be, but there's no reason why a word that simply means "opposed to war" should refer only to those in the activist category.
	www.thirdway.com /wv/article.asp?ID=244 (673 words)

	New World Library \| Press Releases
		Nonresistance transcends passive acceptance and actively rides the currents and cycles, making use of whatever circumstances arise.
		In this way, you can learn to blend and apply nonresistance not only to physical opponents but to all of life’s little problems.
		Stress happens when the mind resists what is. Most of us tend to either push or resist the river of our lives, to fight circumstance rather than make use of things as they are.
	www.newworldlibrary.com /client/client_pages/samplechapters/bodymindmastery.cfm (4066 words)

	A Theology of Nonresistance (Eller)
		Let me insist at once that a theology of nonresistance is not the same thing as the case for nonresistance.
		And although these gentlemen's findings today should support the view that nonresistance is the more effective technique, there always remains the live possibility that under the altered circumstances of tomorrow the findings might honestly point to a different conclusion.
		In this connection, the term "nonresistance" seems preferable to "pacifism." "Nonresistance" has biblical rootage in Jesus' "Do not resist one who is evil" (Mt. 5:39); and the very word "pacifism" has come to suggest the argument of expediency, the use of love as a calculated technique for achieving social and political goals.
	www.hccentral.com /eller1/cc121466.html (2970 words)

	PeaceSpectrum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nonresistant Mennonites believe the government's responsibility is punishment of those who do evil and protection of honest citizens.
		Nonresistant Mennonites find their Scriptural basis for government purpose in Paul's letter to the Romans.
		Nonresistant Mennonites and social pacifist Mennonites must emphasize peacemaking and love in their relationships with each other.
	www.goshen.edu /~jaminay/2001fengl110mennpeacespec.html (1504 words)

	Gathering--Amish or Shawnee? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They could not support the war because their religious faith taught them nonresistance, a doctrine whose practical expression was a claim for exemption from military service.
		The Mennonites were driven to a defensive retrenchment, to a renewed awareness of their distinctiveness as Mennonites, in the years after the war.
		The witness of John Schrag, and of other Mennonites who refused to compromise their doctrine of nonresistance during wartime, could serve as a reminder of the Anabaptist heritage of steadfastness in the face of persecution.
	www.mcusa-archives.org /Resources/gathering--showdoninburrton.html (1492 words)

	Felist.Com : Unity Way
		Now, the teaching of Jesus about nonresistance was misjudged and misunderstood for ages.
		But this distorted mental image of nonresistance, of course, have nothing to do with reality.
		Nonresistance will lead you to the realization that there is no evil".
	felist.com /archive/lit.unityway/200502/16014841.html (705 words)

	nonresistance.org
		This website is dedicated to the truth of the gospel - that the way of life taught by Jesus Christ is one of nonresistance, nonviolence, and peace.
		In order to promote nonresistance, we are presently collecting and posting literature that teaches this ignored, misunderstood, and essential element of the gospel.
		We are looking for English translations the writings of Petr Chelcicky, a Czech reformer of the early 15th century who was, arguably, the father of modern nonresistance teaching.
	www.nonresistance.org (278 words)

	Command Briefs: Ignoring Evil and the Doctrine of Nonresistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		First, the doctrine of nonresistance; which says essentially that everyone must "submit to the governing authorities", even if they are wicked.
		The doctrine of nonresistance is not only absurd, but also a deliberate deception that our founding fathers were very familiar with!!
		Furthermore, in Article 10 of the original New Hampshire State Constitution, it states "the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind".
	indianamilitia.homestead.com /ignoring.html (894 words)

	the evangelical outpost: Comment on Boycotting Boycotts: Why Christians Should Give Up the Un-Christian Tactic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Unless your retirement from the marines was due to a change of heart, I assume that you still believe that military service can be an appropriate choice for Christians, and that war is sometimes a necessary response to evil.
		The tactic affirmed by Jesus, as Tinder correctly notes, was nonresistance, a way of refusing all power, and completely different from nonviolent resistance, which is always stained by the moral impurities inherent in the use of power.
		Passive nonresistance is not something I want to be a part of.
	www.evangelicaloutpost.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1238 (7700 words)

	Abolitionists, Emerson, and Thoreau by Sanderson Beck
		Ballou argued that nonresistance is the best way to preserve oneself in safety as well as others, and he gave numerous examples.
		He explained that nonresistants cannot work within a corrupt government because they cannot be for war, capital punishment, and slavery.
		Emerson answered the common criticism of nonresistance even to the extent of not defending oneself or one's family against robbers and assassins.
	www.san.beck.org /GPJ16-Abolitionists.html (8495 words)

	Aikido and Nonresistance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Because it is nonresistant, it is victorious from the beginning.
		The concept of nonresistance means that we see the one providing the attack as a gift.
		If, however, we were in a place to receive the attack and move together to a new place, love is easier.
	www.markbinder.com /aikido/aikido_and_nonresistance.htm (597 words)

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