However, I believe that Christianity is a pacifist religion in some very important senses: (1) the New Testament urges us to pursue peace with all men, as much as it is up to us (Rom. 12:19); (2) Jesus' appointed means for advancing the Kingdom of God was preaching rather than warfare (this contradicts both Islam and the 1960's Jesus-was-a-Zealot meme); (3) Christians may or may not control the