Defence
Sir, —A postmark announcing the manliness of life in the Army, and news that boys of 17i may now enlist, bring Tolstoy to mind: “Soldiers are taught that it is right to kill people . . . while in the books admitted to be holy by those who so teach, there is nothing like such a permission ... Is there not some fraud in all this? However little education a man may have, he cannot but know that Christ did not sanction murder, but taught kindness, meekness, love of one’s enemies; and therefore he cannot help seeing that on the basis of Christian teaching he cannot pledge himself in advance to kill all whom he may be ordered to kill. The true Christian teaching is very simple, clear, and obvious to all, as Christ said. But . . . only when man is freed from ... the general Church deception, commenced with every child from early infancy and continually maintained . . .”—Yours, etc.. ken McAllister. March 9, 1966.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31007, 12 March 1966, Page 14
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160Defence Press, Volume CV, Issue 31007, 12 March 1966, Page 14
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