非战主义不能带来和平

Peace is light whereas war is darkness. Peace is life: war is death. Peace is guidance; war is error. Peace is the foundation of God; war is satanic institution. Peace is the illumination of the world of humanity; war is the destroyer of human foundations.——Abdu’l-Baha

和平是光明，战争是黑暗；和平是生命，战争是死亡；和平是引导，战争是错误；和平是上天的基础，战争是撒旦的机构；和平是人类世界的光辉，战争是人类基础的幻灭。——阿博都-巴哈

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……It would be unthinkable for [ Baha’is] to willingly place themselves in a position where they must take human life . ——Universal House of Justice.’ 

……我们简直不敢想象，（巴哈伊）若自愿将自己置于一个必须杀人的职位，会怎么样。——世界正义院。

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It is immaterial whether such activities would still expose them to dangers either at home or in the front, since their desire is not to protect their lives, but to desist from any acts of willful murder. ——Shoghi Effendi.

至于这样做是否将使他们在家中或在战场上暴露于险境，则是无关宏旨的。因为他们的意愿并非保护自己，而是要脱离刻意杀人的行动。——守基‧阿芬第。

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Extreme pacifists are thus very close to the anarchists, in the sense that both of these groups lay an undue emphasis on the rights and merits of the individual. The Baha’i conception of social life is essentially based on the subordination of the individual will to that of society. It neither suppresses the individual nor does it exalt him to the point of making him an anti-social creature, a menace to society. As in everything, it follows the ‘golden mean’. ——Shoghi Effendi, through his secretary.

极端的非战主义者与无政府主义者十分类似。两者都过度强调个人的权利和自由。然而巴哈伊的社会生活观基本上是个人意愿必须从属于社会，既不压迫个人，也不提升个人为反社会的动物，成为社会的威胁。正如一切事物都须遵守中庸这条黄金定律。——守基‧阿芬第。

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The other main objection to the conscientious objectors (i.e., pacifists) is that their method of establishing peace is too negative. Non-cooperation is too passive a philosophy to become an effective way for social reconstruction. Their refusal to bear arms can never establish peace. There should first be a spiritual revitalization which nothing, except the Cause of God, can effectively bring to every man’s heart. ——Shoghi Effendi.

（巴哈伊）不认同于拒服兵役的非战主义者的另一个理由是，非战主义者建立和平的方法过于消极，被动的不合作哲学在重建社会的努力中难奏其效，而拒绝武力也不等于和平，和平须先有精神的更新。除了上天的圣道，没有人能够有效地影响人心。——守基‧阿芬第。

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