A “just war” – if there could be such a thing – would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful.

Either Christ is a liar or war is never necessary, and very properly assuming that Christ told the truth, it follows that the State is without [in the words of Father Macksey] ‘judicial authority to determine when war is necessary,’ because it is never necessary.
BEN SALMON

Authority Father Liars War
The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. …
BEN SALMON

Convinced Cross Death Doctrine Resistance Soundness
A “just war” – if there could be such a thing – would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful.
BEN SALMON

Plentiful Requirement Volunteer War
Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is “our Father who art in heaven.” The commandment “Thou shalt not kill” is unconditional and inexorable. …
BEN SALMON

Art Brother Commandment Father
If Christians would have the same faith in their God that non-Christians have in a mere materialistic idea, ‘Thy Kingdom come’ would shortly be a reality in this world of sorrow and travail.
BEN SALMON

Christian Ideas Kingdom Reality

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