{"id":12848,"date":"2011-07-05T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12848"},"modified":"2023-02-05T14:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T22:37:32","slug":"conscientious-objection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12848","title":{"rendered":"Conscientious Objection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Giles Cattermole<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"162\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cmfnuclueus.jpg\" alt=\"Conscientious Objection\" class=\"wp-image-15994\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>Beware of arguments that appear to accept that CO is just about our \u2018personal values&#8217;; it isn&#8217;t. Beware of relying on our fallen consciences rather than on God&#8217;s Word. Beware of resorting to the safety of guidelines and laws which may be changed. By God&#8217;s grace, we have the right to CO made explicit in our professional guidance, given concrete examples in the law, supported by a European assembly. We can argue from history or personal example in favour of it. But in the end, we need to be prepared to stand for Christ, and the experience of those before us suggests that this will be costly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Cattermole G. <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.cmf.org.uk\/pdf\/nucleus\/sum11\/nuc-sum11p24-27.pdf\">Conscientious Objection<\/a>. Nucleus. 2011 Summer; 24-27. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giles Cattermole ExtractBeware of arguments that appear to accept that CO is just about our \u2018personal values&#8217;; it isn&#8217;t. Beware of relying on our fallen consciences rather than on God&#8217;s Word. Beware of resorting to the safety of guidelines and laws which may be changed. 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