I kinda think they should have stuck to their guns, so to speak. Mennonites don’t have anything to apologize for.
“I kinda think they should have stuck to their guns, so to speak. Mennonites don’t have anything to apologize for.”
I have mixed feelings on this but I tend to agree with you. Being born and raised in that part of the country I’ve seen the contribution these people have made through their selfless devotion to peaceful betterment of their communities and Americans as a whole.
God before country is understandable and accepatble when that God does not promote the mass extinction of non-believers (you know who I mean).
Its difficult to respect them either way. On the one hand, Pacifism is an inherently ridiculous ideology because those who believe in it can only remain free ‘because of the exertions of men better than themselves’ or as Orwell put it, because ‘Rough Men stand by ready to do violence on their behalf’.
On the other hand, they compromised their religious beliefs to fit in with secular society, which, even if you think their beliefs are a load of cobblers, demonstrates a certain level of moral cowardice on their part...