Answers Quote by Pierre Trudeau

We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force…

— John Milton

The violence in the Bible is appalling.

— Christopher Hitchens

Hence the importance of patience in the New Testament, which becomes the basic constituent of Christianity, more central even than humility: the power to…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do…

— Oscar A. Romero

“Violence promises us something we all deeply desire, something we genuinely want; violence promises us peace. Violence promises us, that in the end, when…

— Ronnie McBrayer

“And whilst Shepherd sometimes saw the truth in the preachers’ words about freedom and hope, he also knew that violence and faith were intertwined,…

— Lucas Bale

“Being popular doesn’t always win spiritual change. Christ didn’t pour out the coins of the moneychangers and overturn their tables with any degree of…

— Shannon L. Alder

“What you find in the Bible are stories accurately reflecting the dominant consciousness of the day, and yet right in among and sometimes even…

— Rob Bell

As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable…

— Josh McDowell

“The violence isn’t that surprising; what’s surprising is that among all that violence are new ideas about serving and blessing and nonviolence. Here’s what…

— Rob Bell

If Christ came back he would drive his treacherous servants out of the temple with a whip.

— Joseph Goebbels

“the New Testament highlights Jesus’s nonviolent response to violence as a pattern to follow more than any other aspect of His ministry.”

— Preston Sprinkle