The Plowshares Movement is a (primarily) Christian pacifist movement begun in the 1980's. Its focus is on the elimination of nuclear weapons and it uses non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to draw attention to its goals. In agriculture, a plowshare (US) or ploughshare (UK; /plar/) is a component of a plow (or plough). The pruning hook saves time so the farmers do not have to climb the trees with machetes. There can be no salvation without itall without it is rebellion and perdition, or, in more orthodox words, damnation.John Adams. The second sentence, which talks about the awful blasphemy is referring to the doctrine of the incarnation. ($), Shipping cost: While these, to some degree, reflect Jeffersons ideas about government, according to the Jefferson Archive, he never said either. google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Jeff Macedone) Gene Stosich. Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't. 0. The second part, about the well-armed lamb, does not reflect his ideas at all. It is the central part which enters into the land to plough it. Psalm 46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference and they deserve a place of honor with all thats good. The group has its origins in the Catholic Left more broadly and the Catholic Worker . Actually, Adams believed in God, but thought that the nature of Godaside from goodness, power, wisdom, and other virtueswas unknown and unknowable.
those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't