Not exact matches
Finally, there remains one pressing objection: Is not an appeal for an activist movement of direct, albeit nonviolent, confrontation
with evil social structures fundamentally incompatible
with Jesus» call for
nonresistance?
The Golden Rule, which Matthew gives here, is placed by Luke
with the sayings about
nonresistance and love for enemies (Mt 7:12; Lk 6:31).
How does this action fit in
with Jesus» words about
nonresistance to evil in Matthew 5:39 and love of enemies in Matthew 5:43 - 44?
The problem
with this objection is that it equates pacifism
with passive
nonresistance.