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Wide and varied are the number of interpretations and innovative visions. Yours are certainly innovative and unique, with paxcalibur and a native Indian Josephine Christ from the left hand side of God. Do you teach that yourself and Josephine are the "One Way to the Father"? To suggest that...

The way to know swimming is to swim. You can say great things about swimming, and everyone may agree with you, but if you have not done the swimming then your account of swimming would truthfully be fiction. You may say that you have come to accept Santa Claus, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen...

The ruling mafias are offensive. Criminals are offensive.

Rip it out! "It's not the bible, you are not going to go to hell for this." "What the hell is going on here." "This is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your hearts and souls." "Armies of academics going forward, measuring poetry. No, we will not have that here." "In my class you...

If by pacifism you mean for a person to avoid and not help someone who is being harmed, I would definitely agree. If you mean that a person must enter into a war or violence with someone, for self defense or to defend someone else, I would say definitely not. I can't speak for every situation...

If you think about the term "Take responsibility", it is intended differently. I think it depends on what you are wanting to teach, or hoping that the children may learn. To do nothing would be cowardly, but I submit there are other good options than to resort to war and violence. Usually a...

It is responsive to admit that I do not know you, and do not have a relationship with you. Whether or not it is right or wrong for you to get violent, or dance with your left foot first, is perhaps more relevant to your bride, or others that have a relationship with you.

In you, I don't know. How old is your bride?

As you decide what is right or wrong without seeking the approval of your bride, then in my eye you are self-righteous, and that is counter to the golden rule: 'wrong'. In my relationships, I appreciate those who seek my approval for what I think is right and wrong, and we make decisions...

Why do you ask me? You should ask your bride. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

You can be above violence. Take responsibility for the choice.

Did you change your mind betwen posts, or do you still maintain: self-righteous if you don't act to protect, and unrighteous if you do? I am encouraged by the later post. I was saying that the opposite of being self-righteous is to seek the approval of others. I place that for any scenario. A...

I was using the term 'self-righteous' to mean the 'wrong' thing to do. To me, war and violence are an absolute example of self-righteousness no matter how many people there are to approve and order it. When faced with someone who flips that and says that it is self-righteous to NOT resort to war...

If you wish to NOT be self righteous, then perhaps you should seek the agreement of every member of your family, as to whether or not they want you to kill a man to defend them. Otherwise, you make the decision yourself: self righteous.

What leads you to presume my intention? Perhaps someone has placed their words within your mouth. I read here that it was a proverb before it was a Shakespeare play title. Sorry, I thought I was.

I did not imply that love is expressed in war. I said, "People go to war against others claiming it is a sacrifice for love of their family or country at home." I am not a person that makes that claim. :)

The use of the word 'inevitable' was unmistakable. In my relationships, love is not 'inevitable', it is a choice. Love is not a knowledge, it is an action. Love is not a walk as if it were a solo exercise, it is an action between willful entities. I better tailor the metaphor: the loving cook is...

No: You stated that it was inevitable that you will become loving, provided that you are being loved. From my viewpoint, that is not owning up to your responsibility for deciding when and where to be loving, unconditional of whether or not you are being loved. Your statement was sort of like...

Do you think that would be good behavior, or evil, if Thomas were doing it? So you believe that the ends justify the means. Is that the morality of a Theosophist?

Andrew is it? Who comprises your 'WE' that is seeking some sort of Tizona? Who are you addressing here? Who are you calling a donkey, and who are you calling Tom?