Here's the question for the day, don't answer really quick.
When is it acceptable to dodge the draft?
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- Kelsey
- I am a stay at home mother of one chubby little baby. My husband is a self-employed gunsmith. We like to be self-sustaining and hope to grow our own food in the backyard next year. We are also conservative.
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Here is a question for you:
Is this question of the week your new thing?
Have I acctually done it consistanly enough to call it a question of the week? I suppose it is my new thing. I have nothing else to say on my blog and ppl get made if i have nothing new. anyways the only reason I have this blog to start conversations. please acctually comment on this one too, it might get into my english research paper.
Since no one else has really taken this question seriously, I will! Well, Kels, I think it's okay to dodge the draft if it's for a war you don't agree with. If it's for a good cause, well, then, fight! But, for example, if I (assuming I was a boy) was drafted tomorrow, I would go to Canada because I absolutely disagree with the Iraq war. There. That's it. The end.....But Kelsey, you should write this blog so I know what's going on in your life 'cause I don't talk to you often enough!! :)
So, after a day and a half of thinking, I've come up with my response. It goes as follows:
"According to teachings in the Church, never. The twelfth article of faith states that we believe in being subject to governments. Think about it, there is an entire section on governments in the Doctrine and Covenants speaking about how governments are tools of God. Do I agree that the draft is a good thing? No... but at the same time, I view it as presumptuous to pick and choose which things the government passes as laws and acts. It'd be similar to saying "Oh, I agree with the Word of Wisdom, except for the part about tabacco." Though it may not seem that extreme, it's very similar.
Using Kantian ethics as your angle, it is also never acceptable to dodge the draft. Kant says that we are to do only what God tells us to do... well the God of his time during the Middle Ages. Therefore, we serve our country. Even during World War II, there were Mormons serving in the Nazi army. Though, back to morals, I feel it is wrong for a nation to compel its citizens to go to war, but if it weren't for a draft... the world may be controlled by a different set of dominant ideologies."
Hope this helps you hun.
I agree with Mandy on one point that it is never ok to doge the draft, but I also don't think you should fight for a cause you don't belive is right. If you don't belive in the cause then be subject to the laws and protest till you get tossed into jail. Don't try and hide that only shows weakness and that you fear death more likely then truth.
Here's some biblical reference to my position. In one respect, the Bible does say you should obey the authorities God has put into place. Romans 13:1 say, "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." That verse would support the idea that no matter what, you need to follow the authorities. And yet, in Acts, that wasn't always the case with the disciples and apostles preaching the word. Consider when Peter and John in the beginning of Acts while still in Israel speak to the crowd. The Sadducees had them both thrown in prison for speaking about Christ in public. I also point out that those were God-appointed rulers. They weren't political rulers, but religious rulers nevertheless, so in a sense they ran the country. Well, Acts 4:18-20 says, "Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard." They blatantly went against that authority! So, my conclusion is, if the thing the government is asking you to do is not in accord with God and the Bible (I'm not Mormon,....sorry!), then you choose God's will over the governing authority.
I'd have to say that I agree with Kristin in that one. Yet sometimes it is hard to decide what God would want us to do? Which side is He on when His followers are fighting on both sides?
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