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Have You Thought About Nuclear Weapons Today?

by Brian McLaren 10-21-2009 | 5:00pm
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The day one is detonated, it will be the only thing anyone will think about ... which is why we need to apply the biblical vision of "turning swords into plowshares" to nuclear weapons. Here's some important information on the subject. And here's Tyler Wigg-Stevenson's personal testimony on the subject.

By the way, if you think nuclear disarmament is impossible, South Africa did it in 1991. They saw it as something to leave behind along with apartheid, just as previous generations saw slavery, the inequality of women, and child labor as things to leave behind. With God, what looks impossible isn't.

Brian McLarenBrian McLaren (brianmclaren.net) is a speaker and author, most recently of Everything Must Change and Finding Our Way Again.

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by: Chris "Jesdisciple"

10-25-2009 @ 4:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?

by: Chris "Jesdisciple"

10-25-2009 @ 4:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?

by: SisterMarie

10-21-2009 @ 11:14pm

No one "wins" a nuclear war. When this issue has been raised here before, there are actually people who defend retaining these horrible weapons in our inventory and who see no reluctance in using them. They are writing from total insanity and ignorance (I prefer to think they are merely ignorant). The weapons currently in our possession make the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like firecrackers in comparison.

by: Jesdisciple

10-25-2009 @ 2:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?

by: SisterMarie

10-21-2009 @ 11:14pm

No one "wins" a nuclear war. When this issue has been raised here before, there are actually people who defend retaining these horrible weapons in our inventory and who see no reluctance in using them. They are writing from total insanity and ignorance (I prefer to think they are merely ignorant). The weapons currently in our possession make the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like firecrackers in comparison.

by: Jesdisciple

10-25-2009 @ 2:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?

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10-22-2009 @ 9:00am

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by: SisterMarie

10-21-2009 @ 11:14pm

No one "wins" a nuclear war. When this issue has been raised here before, there are actually people who defend retaining these horrible weapons in our inventory and who see no reluctance in using them. They are writing from total insanity and ignorance (I prefer to think they are merely ignorant). The weapons currently in our possession make the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like firecrackers in comparison.

by: SisterMarie

10-21-2009 @ 11:14pm

No one "wins" a nuclear war. When this issue has been raised here before, there are actually people who defend retaining these horrible weapons in our inventory and who see no reluctance in using them. They are writing from total insanity and ignorance (I prefer to think they are merely ignorant). The weapons currently in our possession make the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like firecrackers in comparison.

by: uberVU - social comments

10-22-2009 @ 9:00am

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by: Jesdisciple

10-25-2009 @ 2:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?

by: Jesdisciple

10-25-2009 @ 2:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?

by: Chris "Jesdisciple"

10-25-2009 @ 4:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?

by: Chris "Jesdisciple"

10-25-2009 @ 4:27am

All for it... The only objection I see to just sending them all to Pluto or something is "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Regardless of whether they should ever actually be used, they arguably deter devastation from North Korea et al.

On the other hand, I can understand the position that we need to lead the worldwide disarmament. But tell that to someone who is one of several people holding handguns at each other.

I understand that some people believe our possession of nuclear weapons encourages others to build them. Would those others not build them whether we had them or not? And if attempting to develop them were such an affront to the global community that Iran's antics wouldn't be tolerated so long, would those countries not find other ways to do basically the same thing?