"Chaplain Of The War" and "The Cannons Of Christianity" make apt criticisms of Christianity in history and current society. Children are indoctrinated into Christianity and a civic religion so that they will be prepared to follow orders in the name of the church or the nation. Then, when the orders come, they often conflict with the morals they were taught. "Thou shalt not kill" is put on the back-burner until the end of the war.
This makes me think of the famous quote: "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
"Chaplain Of The War" and "The Cannons Of Christianity" make apt criticisms of Christianity in history and current society. Children are indoctrinated into Christianity and a civic religion so that they will be prepared to follow orders in the name of the church or the nation. Then, when the orders come, they often conflict with the morals they were taught. "Thou shalt not kill" is put on the back-burner until the end of the war.
This makes me think of the famous quote: "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."