Young evangelical leaders on Tuesday announced a national initiative to enlist Christians online and in schools and churches to make a moral case for nuclear disarmament.
“I know when most people think of the elimination of nuclear weapons, they think of tie-dyed activists,” said Tyler Wigg Stevenson, a 31-year-old Baptist pastor.
Stevenson, who outlined his Two Futures Project during a religious conference in Austin, said many under-40 evangelicals see nuclear disarmament as consistent with their values agenda.
I know this may sound double minded but I agree with the elimination of nuclear weapons in a theoretical sense but logistically, I’m not convinced that it is a good idea for the U.S. since I don’t think those countries that want nuclear weapons like N. Korea and Iran would be willing to give up the opportunity to obtain them. The world community seems unable to enforce current policy regarding the weaponization of nuclear material.
Not my cup of tea as far as a social issue, its more political and diplomatic, but it probably plays well in Austin. Each to his own.
A lovely utopian idea, but there’s no way to uninvent nuclear weapons.
I wish we lived in a world where we didn’t need nuclear weapons, but alas, we do not. I hate to sound like a Cold War curmudgeon, but the only effective weapon against nuclear weapons is retaliatory response in kind, commonly called MAD, mutually assured destruction.
I agree with Ronald Reagan on disarmament: “Trust but verify”.
And also with the dictum, “you first!”
I have but one thing to say about such a proposal, and that is to reiterate the classical Roman adage, believed to be based on a quotation from Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus: [blockquote][i]”Si vis pacem, para bellum.”[/i][/blockquote] The conventional translation of which is, “If you would have peace, prepare for war.”
Pax et bonum,
Keith Töpfer, LCDR, USN (ret)
Was it not Teddy Roosevelt who said “..speak softly BUT CARRY A BIG STICK…”
In this date and age, the idea of disarmament is rather quaint … and most unrealistic.