{"id":785,"date":"2015-07-24T18:32:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T06:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiescent.wordpress.com\/?p=785"},"modified":"2015-07-24T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T06:32:53","slug":"we-have-abandoned-war-by-kagawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/2015\/07\/24\/we-have-abandoned-war-by-kagawa\/","title":{"rendered":"“We Have Abandoned War” by Kagawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Christian Century<\/em>, December 3, 1947 (who took it from the “Kagawa Calendar” of 1948).<\/p>\n

We Have Abandoned War<\/h1>\n

By Toyohiko Kagawa<\/a><\/p>\n

A typical modern state, cumbered with its heavy armament but well-nigh bereft of other values, reminds one of nothing so much as a naked savage, lugging around his javelin and poisoned arrows. States today seem nearer to the stage of barbarism than do many individuals.<\/p>\n

By the abandonment of war, we in Japan have emerged from the era of barbarism. Thus we have been accorded a chance to make ourselves the most progressive and civilized of all the nations.<\/p>\n

If only we had done this willingly ten years ago, history would have taken another course. But it is not too late for us.<\/p>\n

Our new constitution will become a milestone in the realization of world peace. For the first time in human history, by our abandonment of war, the warning of Christ has been accepted by a national government: “All they that take the sword shall perish by the sword.”<\/p>\n

We are going to alter the definition of a “great” state. A truly great state is not necessarily big, nor rich, nor quarrelsome with its neighbors. The great state is the one which is wise, moral and God-fearing. The ideal we pursue is that of making Japan a state with which God can be pleased. Thus may we arrive at the summit of civilization and set an example of a peace-loving state. Though not large, nor rich, nor strong, we may thus become truly great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from The Christian Century, December 3, 1947 (who took it from the “Kagawa Calendar” of 1948). We Have Abandoned War By Toyohiko Kagawa A typical modern state, cumbered with its heavy armament but well-nigh bereft of other values, reminds one of nothing so much as a naked savage, lugging around his javelin and poisoned arrows. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,48,60],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","category-peace","category-state","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rad.net.nz\/radiescent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}