On Conscientious Objection

Whether or not conscientious objection is a valid and therefore necessary action of the Christian in response to the draft is one of those questions dealing with religion and politics which, after long and diverse discussion, is never completely answerable since it deals with the individual conscience. It is one of those questions that are scrawled on a cement wall with a charred stick, and, although the writing may be obliterated by repeated washings of words, the wall still remains....