J. Nathan Matias 🦣 on Nostr: Today I am grateful for conscientious objectors who gave their lives over the ...
Today I am grateful for conscientious objectors who gave their lives over the centuries to establish paths for people to choose not to participate in the violent parts of a conscripted military.
According to this UN report, the earliest recorded conscientious objector was a Christian — Saint Maximilian, who refused to serve in the Roman army due to religious convictions. As the idea of the nation state & conscription grew, so did the idea of conscientious objection.
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/ConscientiousObjection_en.pdf
According to this UN report, the earliest recorded conscientious objector was a Christian — Saint Maximilian, who refused to serve in the Roman army due to religious convictions. As the idea of the nation state & conscription grew, so did the idea of conscientious objection.
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/ConscientiousObjection_en.pdf