> Not all sin is avoidable, a sinless choice is not guaranteed. I've heard people say this all my life, but I've never agreed with it. Not all harm is avoidab

> Not all sin is avoidable, a sinless choice is not guaranteed. I've heard people say this all my life, but I've never agreed with it. Not all harm is avoidable, not all violence is avoidable, but at every point in time, there is at least one righteous course of action; and doing that action will, in the long run, lead to the best outcome for you and everyone else. (Whether we can see it or whether we're able to choose to do it is another matter.) It's not always possible to follow the letter of every written law, because the real, living law is fractal and can't be written down (and it were, it would be so long that nobody could read it). The only reason for Bonhoeffer's "contradiction" was that his simplistic understanding of Jesus' admonitions to peace and non-violence. His heart was more in line with God's values than his head, and his character was such that he allowed his more-godly heart to overrule his less-godly head. (And even his theology was that way because he didn't want to be someone who made excuses for himself -- which is in line with God's heart as well.) Jesus commended Abiathar for letting David eat the consecrated bread "which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests" [1]; I think he would have commended Bonhoeffer for supporting the plot to kill Hitler too. [1] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012%3A1-7&version=NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012%3A...