1985 Witness

Imagine being raised with the goal of causing no harm to others, and better yet no knowledge of violence. But then, all of a sudden, you catch wind of a society where guns exist, violence occurs daily, and everyone pursues to benefit themselves. That is the portrayal of the Amish boy in the film "Witness", with Harrison Ford, who acts as a police officer. Yes, it is an older movie.

An Amish community is caring for an injured and endangered Harrison Ford, and the young boy stumbles into holding Ford's hand gun, until he gets scolded by Ford who says "don't ever, ever touch a loaded gun".  Ford, the police officer, ultimately does respect the Amish way of life by handing over his gun, but it's as if he's trying to keep the boy from venturing out into the "world" where the danger lingers.  Don't we all attempt to keep our families and loved ones safe?  Yet do we still advocate for the law to provide us with freedom, the same freedom to which some may choose to cause harm?  I am not seeking to stretch to the point that guns should not exist, but I am seeking for an alternative to our common answer that the best way to protect our loved ones is to hurt someone else's loved one, if need be to our own justification.

The boy sits with his grandfather, who begins teaching the boy a lesson, "We believe it is wrong to take the life; that is only for God. Many times wars have come and people have said to us "you must fight, you must kill. It is the only way to preserve the good."  There is never only one way, remember that," he says. So questions are raised...would you kill another man?  The boy answers "Only the bad man," he would kill ...You know a man is bad by your sight?  "I can see what they do," replies the boy.  Grandfather responds, implying it is a choice, "And having seen [a bad man], you become one of them?  What you take into your hands, you take into your heart."

"Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing." 2 Corinthians 6:17

-> "The person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him" - 1 Corinthians 6:17