WHY WAR IS STUPID

WAR is STUPID because:

1. War makes things worse.

2. War is impossible to undo.

3. War never solves anything.

4. War indicates a lack of imagination.

5. War indicates a lack of negotiating skills.

6. War is a negative and ignorant response to complex problems.

7. War is often motivated profit --e.g. sales of arms and munitions.

8. War takes a terrible toll on the innocent as well as the environment.

9. War stirs up terror, and retaliation, while destroying hope and harmony.

10. War only creates the desire for more war, creating a constant climate of fear.

Important quotes regarding war:

1. If you live by the sword you die by the sword. - Proverbs

2. Turn the other cheek. - Jesus

3. What if they had a war and nobody came? -'60's anti-war slogan.

4. There never was a good war, nor a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin.

5. War is not healthy for children and other living things. - '60's anti-war slogan

6. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. - Nelson Mandela

7. If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. - Nelson Mandela

8. Peace on earth, good will toward men. - Holiday Greeting

9. Love your neighbor. - Jesus

10. Love your enemy. - Jesus

11. Love is patient, Love is kind, It does not envy, It does not boast, It is not proud, It is not rude, It is not self-seeking, It is not easily angered, It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. L o v e N e v e r F a i l s. Corinthians 13 : 4 - 8

12. Pure religion and undefiled is that you care for the widows and the fatherless. - James