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Hacksaw Ridge: Nonviolent Suffering That Saves - Anabaptist (Isaiah 53)

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Desmond Doss in Hacksaw Ridge refuses to carry a weapon yet runs repeatedly into gunfire to save wounded soldiers. He suffers for others without inflicting violence. "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth." Isaiah 53's Servant conquers not through violence but through suffering love. Anabaptist theology sees the cross as God's definitive rejection of redemptive violence—Jesus absorbs evil rather than returning it. The Servant's way becomes our way: nonviolent, suffering, redemptive love. Doss saved 75 men by being willing to die rather than kill.

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nonviolencesuffering loveenemy lovecrossredemption

Scripture References

Isaiah 53

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awecompassionlove

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adults

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