The God of non-violence and his peace proposal.

Abstract

Colombian history sums up a whole record of suffering and violence. In spite of this, many people have chosen to forgive and to practice the non-violence in their lives. We wonder then: What is the real motivation for this? How can someone forgive at the same moment he is experiencing suffering and injustice? In its turn, Theology wonders as well in the middle of the Colombian confrontation: Where is God? Which is the role of religion and faith in this particular experience of violence? No doubt, it is the human suffering the inspiration for all these questions. Also, after the terrorist acts of 9-11 in 2001, there are increasing critical voices that consider the monotheist religions in particular as producers of violence and intolerance in the world. Therefore, this article intends to interpret the origins of violence taking as a reference some “violent” excerpts from the Holy Bible; this interpretation will be based on a hermeneutic approach about the “idolatry” (counterfeit of the true God and the true man). Finally, I want to demonstrate why the decision for God is made upon the non-violence which is in a way revelation of Jesus Christ and the only possibility of interrupting the circuit of depraved and degrading of violence. And by doing this, we will be certainly working for world peace (Mathew 5, 9).