Please Note :-

Christian Pacifism does not make rules for those who do not profess Christianity!
Christian Pacifism does not demand that those who believe in the necessity of war, must live by Pacifist standards!
Nor does it demand or expect that those who believe in the necessity of war, will understand the Pacifist faith.
But it does assert that those who claim to love Jesus and obey Jesus, ought to be PEACEMAKERS who live by the PERSONAL non violent standards which are to be measured by nothing less than the teaching of JESUS, in the Sermon On The Mount.

Below is a list of papers from Bible Digest, which discuss several aspects of the question as to whether REAL Christians ought to go to war.

Click on a Title to read or download the paper.

Why I Am A Pacifist
"To assist in any way in making war, whether as a member of the military forces, or as a civilian in the defence industries which support it, is to be a part of the obscenity of suffering that is one of the deepest problems faced by the human race."

Pacifism
"How is it possible for two Christians in opposing armies, to shoot at each other, instead of laying down their weapons to pray together and be reconciled?"

Cornelius And Pacifism
"A soldier who wants to follow Jesus must learn to love his enemies and do good to them. He must lay down his weapons."

The Old Testament And Pacifism
"What I do know is that I may not use any of those (Old Testament) stories to invalidate the clear teaching of Jesus that it is the peacemakers who are the children of God and that it is the meek who shall inherit the earth, in the Age to Come."

Here Are Two Swords
"This is NOT a new instruction, changing his earlier direction. It is a REBUKE for their failure to remember their calling ...... PEACEMAKERS DO NOT CARRY SWORDS!"

Non Combatant Military Service And Pacifism
"To be in non combatant military service, is to be a part of the total war machine, trained to destroy and dedicated to do so on command ...... noncombatants are a part of the essential SUPPORT SERVICES without which the killing machine could not function effectively ...... Whether they face it or not, they are as much a party to war making as the men who fire the guns and drop the bombs."