The Case Against Conscription

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to Douglas Wilson's Blog and May Blog, presented by Canon Press.
0:11.4	The case against conscription, August 16, 2023.
0:16.2	Introduction.
0:17.2	When Samuel was warning the people of Israel about what would happen if they obtained a
0:20.7	king like the other nations, one of the central problems he said would arise was the fact
0:25.7	that such a king would start the odious practice of conscription.
0:29.9	The problem is that he will think that he owns the people, and he will consequently take
0:34.2	from the people.
0:35.2	Quote.
0:36.2	And he said, this will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you.
0:39.8	He will take your sons and appoint them for himself for his chariots, and to be a
0:43.9	horseman, and some shall run before his chariots.
0:47.0	For Samuel 8-11, these great ones think that they have a high and lonely destiny, moving
0:51.9	men around on the chess board of their supreme plans, answering to no one.
0:56.3	Quote.
0:57.3	I had forgotten that you are only a common boy.
0:59.2	How should you understand reasons of state?
1:01.5	You must learn, child, that what would be wrong for you, or for any of the common people,
1:05.5	is not wrong for a great queen such as I.
1:08.2	The weight of the world is on our shoulders.
1:10.2	We must be freed from all rules, ours is a high and lonely destiny.
1:14.8	C.S. Lewis, the magician's nephew.
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