Post by CoolJGS☺ on Mar 2, 2018 0:02:29 GMT
It's prudent to not read too much into the reasons. From the article concerning Catholics and more streamline religions::
So they were stuck based on their religion being ok with wars in the past (Cue a Crusades reference...).
I would be a conscientious objector for political reasons since my denomination does not forbid joining the military which by extension means being ok with killing other people. However, the true reason would totally be that I'm not interesting in killing people based on the pacifist message Christianity teaches in the Bible. If that didn't work and I couldn't make it to the border in time, I would be in prison.
So it's not that the political people were non-religious, it more likely a lot of them were members of a Church which was totally fine with war.
Not that any of this matters unless ois proud to just be affiliated with atheists. The actions of others has nothing to do with the actions of the rest.
These men may have found it more difficult to successfully argue their case in front of Tribunals, which were keen to catch men out by referencing a pro-war figure in their tradition.
I would be a conscientious objector for political reasons since my denomination does not forbid joining the military which by extension means being ok with killing other people. However, the true reason would totally be that I'm not interesting in killing people based on the pacifist message Christianity teaches in the Bible. If that didn't work and I couldn't make it to the border in time, I would be in prison.
So it's not that the political people were non-religious, it more likely a lot of them were members of a Church which was totally fine with war.
Not that any of this matters unless ois proud to just be affiliated with atheists. The actions of others has nothing to do with the actions of the rest.