Objectors could apply for the status of conscience objector. He was honorably discharged as a conscientious objector in August 1972. His brother was a conscientious objector. He was fined for refusing national service as a conscientious objector. He was informed that he should register as a conscientious objector. His local draft board had rejected his application for conscientious objector classification. Religious beliefs were a starting point in many nations for legally granting conscientious objector status. Spencer is drafted but registers as a conscientious objector. Maximilian of Tebessa was a Christian conscientious objector. Ben Salmon was a Catholic conscientious objector and outspoken critic of Just War theology. After his service as conscientious objector Bardens trained as a paramedic in Mainz. During the First World War he served as a conscientious objector. He refused to go, registering as a conscientious objector. During World War II, he was an imprisoned conscientious objector and anti-war agitator. Concurrently, he spent several years challenging his draft status as a conscientious objector.