The Christian Church answers: (a) The human will must be confronted with the commandment: Thou shall not kill. God does not exempt us from obeying His commandments. Man by his transgressions will be guilty before God. The God of the Sermon on the Mount will judge him. To the objection: The State must be maintained: the Church answers: You shall not kill. To the objection: War creates peace: the Church answers: This is not true, war creates destruction. To the objection: The nation must defend itself: the Church answers: Have you dared to entrust God, in full faith, with your protection in
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