Members of these groups refused to serve as soldiers and often declined to pay taxes during the Revolutionary War, asserting that their beliefs kept them from, in any way, condoning violence.
"Quakers and Mennonites did not join in when their neighbors fought the Indians and worked on their forts," according to a brief history of conscientious objection published by Swarthmore College.
Political leaders have struggled to know what to do with pacifists, or people who morally object to violence, since before the Revolutionary War. "'Hacksaw Ridge' is about conflicts of many kinds: duty to God versus duty to country, individual freedom versus communal responsibility, healing versus killing, love versus hate, and so on," wrote Brett McCracken for Christianity Today. The film explores his success in staying true to his beliefs, in spite of how few people supported him. | Max Becherer, Associated Pressĭoss saved dozens of lives on Okinawa without carrying a weapon, earning the respect of his companions and, eventually, a medal of honor. A Seventh-day Adventist, he signed up to be a combat medic in WWII so he could obey God's commandment against killing and fulfill his duty to serve.Ī plaque describing the personal story of Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Desmond Doss, is part of the Okinawa display at The National WWII Museum, in New Orleans. The subject of "Hacksaw Ridge," Desmond Doss, was bullied by his commanders and fellow soldiers. "The debate over military service got heated at times, and in some ways, it's the highest-stakes example of the religious exemption," said Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia, to the Deseret News in 2013. helps explain why battles over the appropriate way to balance religious liberty with nondiscrimination protections seem far from over. In general, the long and complicated path to today's conscientious objection law in the U.S. " Hacksaw Ridge," which is now in theaters, highlights how difficult it can be to resolve conflict between individual beliefs and social expectations. A new film on one of America's most famous pacificists holds insights for present and future religious freedom debates, even though it's set in World War II.
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