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Later still, [[World War I]] [[British]] infantryman and poet [[Wilfred Owen]] would wisely mock Horace's words by describing a soldier dying a particularly gory death on the battlefield, and saying "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori."<ref>Wilfred Owen, Dulce Et Decorum Est</ref>  
 
Later still, [[World War I]] [[British]] infantryman and poet [[Wilfred Owen]] would wisely mock Horace's words by describing a soldier dying a particularly gory death on the battlefield, and saying "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori."<ref>Wilfred Owen, Dulce Et Decorum Est</ref>  
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Patriotism can be a source of conflict for Christians in wartime. While their nation may call on them to do their patriotic duty, much of the Bible advocates [[Pacifism#Biblical_references_about_Christian_nonviolence|nonviolence]].
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Patriotism can be a source of conflict for Christians in wartime. While their nation may call on them to do their patriotic duty, much of the [[New Testament]] advocates [[Pacifism#Biblical_references_about_Christian_nonviolence|nonviolence]].
     
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