Unitarian clergy were even capable of rejecting the Old Testament where it taught that God had ever condoned war. Granted, it is a stirring song, especially when performed by a mass choir, but it belongs in no Christian hymnal. Here is a line I cannot sing in good conscience. In a fit of righteous indignation, the Unitarian movement spawned a glorification of warfare which has not only gone unchallenged, but has found its way into Christian hymnals. My point is not that the Unitarians are unique in having more than one stance toward war in their history.
Most Christian bodies have.
Even those bodies with broad unanimity will have dissenting members. The illustration I brought up was not intended to ridicule the Unitarians, but to make a point about evangelicalism. We have managed to outdo their confusion. We have managed to be at the same time militaristic when it comes to real war, and pacifistic with regard to doctrinal battle. The irony is that we are living in a culture that at many points was designed by the Unitarians.