"But Jesus Was a Pacifist!"

On the facile arguments about Christian pacifism and the larger claim that Christians are called to be pushovers

If you’re anything like me, your religious educators conveyed a lot of skepticism about red-blooded men, even the otherwise courteous ones. It was unclear if such men belonged in the Faith. “All are welcome!”—except those with top 10% levels of testosterone. The most frustrating expression is the claim that Christians can’t fight back because the Lord d…