What will be lost to many—including too many Christians—is the fact that this pledge of “never again” is, if it is to mean anything at all, a promise to fight if, in the last resort and with the aim of peace, nothing else will protect the innocent, requite an injustice, or punish evil. Christianity is a fighting faith. It recognizes that God has given human government a ready sword to protect those whom the wicked would gather, and transport, and gas, and smolder.
Source: “Never Again” Are Fighting Words – Providence
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