Stefan Fischer wrote: > Hi Rangers, > > > *I showed the Movie "Sargt.York" to the Outpost once in an attempt > > to show a Christian perspective to American Military service. > > > Nothing in my Assembly of God church preached conciencious objection... > > and in Peace- the subject loses it's bite! I recomened this classic > movie! > > This subject is of very big interest for our trailrangers here in Germany. > We do still have an obligatory service. You can choose between Military and > community service. So our older trailrangers already have to decide which > one they are going to choose. *I'm going to need MPJ to bail me out of this one as I have a mixed heritage of this issue. In 1942 my Dad declared CO (*coniciencious objection status) on being drafted in WW2.. It was his contention that "killing the enemy" was not the thing a nice Christain Assemble of God boy should do.. In truth he had profound differences, yet was able to bridge them to become a Medic and carry a sidearm to defend the life of his charge if not his own. Later in 1969 the Vietnam war was at a fever pitch and the CO subject returned.. Little... and I mean zip point zero was said about objection to Military service, in my AG church. from what I understood declareing CO status would not bring condemnation or support by your fellowship of belevers as some faiths provide. The USA currently does not require Universal service... and Desert Storm arrived so fast that it was run out of Reserve and active duty service personal.. > > > I have done my service one year ago and I really liked it. First I served in > an batallion of armor and afterwards in MechInf. Thanks to God we never had to face the war you trained to fight..! > > > But for other young people who don't want to serve in the army this can > appear as a problem as they have to hand in a written argument, why they > can't do a military service. *Moral conviction sometimes leads to un-popular standards one must take. The research isn't that hard but the result may be.. In extream cases some have gone to prision. > > > So my question is what is your opinion and what do American churches preach > on this subject? MPJ? > > > Allzeit bereit f�r Jesus, > Fani > Pioneer-Cmdr > OP #78 M�tzingen/Germany > > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ��ࡱ�
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