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Bandit

(21,475 posts) Wed Feb 26, 2014, 12:46 PM Feb 2014

My religion says "Thou Shall not Kill" and the military kills

I guess for the sake of my religion I can not in good conscience provide services or products to anyone in the Military.

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My religion says "Thou Shall not Kill" and the military kills (Original Post) Bandit Feb 2014 OP

people have tried that argument on the irs. unblock Feb 2014 #1

Here's one of the great treatments on this subject, by a man ready to be imprisoned for his belief… Journeyman Feb 2014 #2

Following that "Thou shalt not kill" thing ... IggleDoer Feb 2014 #3

unblock

(52,113 posts)

1. people have tried that argument on the irs.

Reply to Bandit (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 12:57 PM

Feb 2014

against my religion to help fund the military.

doesn't get them very far.

well, unless they live far away from leavenworth....

Journeyman

(15,023 posts)

2. Here's one of the great treatments on this subject, by a man ready to be imprisoned for his belief…

Reply to Bandit (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 01:20 PM

Feb 2014

Civil Disobedience

Originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"

By Henry David Thoreau (1849) with annotated text

http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil1.html

Carried to its logical end, your plan will get you to the same place as Thoreau's did for him. He used the occasion to strike a blow that still rings across the centuries, one that has inspired some of the most valiant, poignant, and useful protests the world has known. Good luck. I wish you nothing but success.

IggleDoer

(1,186 posts)

3. Following that "Thou shalt not kill" thing ...

Reply to Bandit (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2014, 01:20 PM

Feb 2014

... can a business man refuse service to anyone carrying a legally concealed (or open) weapon on religious grounds?

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