Reply #11: possibly

[AlecBGreen]

Jesus said to be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves. The vast majority of us have a hard time doing both to our full capability.

I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if people did what MLK tried: complete and utter non-violent passive resistance to evil and injustice. Do you think it would work if people simply refused to in any way participate in an unjust, evil society? Can sitting out really work? To use a different example, if all the slaves who used to be in America sat down and collectively refused to move, would they have eventually won? I suppose the plantation owners might have killed them out brought in replacements, but if they too passively resisted, do you think in the end they would have won?