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Re: What is Jesus view on martial arts? (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Aug 19, 2006 - 07:15 PM
(At first I thought this article was bonkers!)

Yeah, the title to this article may be a bit misleading.
Reading over it, I probably meant to ask myself what my views as a believer in Christ towards martial arts are.

My views are:

Christian individuals do practice martial arts in all its variables regardless of Mathew 5:39
Martial arts as a whole aint all about violence, but does have its spiritual aspects.
Knowledge of the arts is powerful and could be dangerous.
Practicing such Arts brings reliance on physical/mental defences and awareness of some sort not necessarily levelled with the practices of Jesus.


(If you begin to use this argument for martial arts should I have played rugby when I often ran towards the opposition wanting to inflict some sort of pain in an attempt to get the ball!)

I think the answer of that lies in your thinking then and now;

Did you feel it was mutually about fun for your and your opponent?
Would you welcome another to get the ball off you with a view to inflict some pain?

For the record I am still considering taking up a class, and trying various arts to see what suits my beliefs best.

Thanks for the comments anyway. Any views on this Andy?

lk


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