April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
Statement of Support of the Right of Conscientious Objection The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest and largest interfaith pacifist organization in the United States, has traditionally supported those courageous women and men who conscientiously object to...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
The abhorrence of war and its accompanying tragedies is wholly supported by the spiritual and moral tenets of the Orthodox Church. Notwithstanding this, Orthodoxy has often, over its long history, found itself at the very crossroads of national and international...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
From the Vedas comes the phrase mahamsyat sarva bhutani which means "never commit violence to anyone." As Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita— O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, unborn, eternal, and immutable, kill...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
The Muslim seeks to be guided along the straight path, the path of those whom God has blessed. One is drawn into the mystery expressed more directly in this verse: “Whatever good comes to you is from God, and whatever evil comes to you is from your own...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
Ahimsa (nonviolence) The Jain ecological philosophy is virtually synonymous with the principle of ahimsa, which runs through the Jain tradition like a golden thread. Ahimsa parmo dharmah (Nonviolence is the supreme religion) Mahavira, the 24th and the last Tirthankara...
April 21, 2012 | Statements: On Conscience
Jehovah's Witnesses are an international association of Christians who have been confronted with the issue of compulsory military service in many lands. They desire to follow Jesus' command to "pay back Caesar's things to Caesar, but God's things...
