Re:Man wins $65K after being fired for refusing to be finger...
by jxidjhdhdhdhfhf on Monday September 13, 2021 @01:15PM
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It's unfortunate that one needs to make up a god to be exempt from the some of the most awful governmental abuses like conscription, but I'd rather have such an exemption than not have it at all.
In Finland, conscription may be avoided by being a Jehova's witness, that sole religion, on the basis of that it is a non-violent religion, ignoring that many other religions have similar tenants, and many non-religious people are also deeply pacifist who are still conscript. — That sole religion, so named, is exempted from conscription.
And one only need prove membership, not prove that one actually holds those non-violent beliefs to be exempt.