Hiroshima and Mass Murder?
“…nothing can be more abhorrent to the Christian man than wholesale slaughter.” Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892): A Baptist pastor and author from London.
I voiced to him my grave misgivings, first on the basis of my belief that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, and secondly because I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives.—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (to Sec. of War before the dropping of the bomb)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969): American General and 34th President of the United States.
The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan. — Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1885-1966) Leading US Navy authority on submarines, playing a major role in WWII.
The atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all. — Major General Curtis LeMay
Major General Curtis LeMay (1906-1990) Planned and implemented effective and controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
The first atomic bomb was an unnecessary experiment … It was a mistake to ever drop it … [the scientists] had this toy and they wanted to try it out, so they dropped it …— Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr
Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr (1882-1959) An American Admiral in the Unites States Navy during WWII.
The United States killed 1.2 million innocent Japanese civilians in World War II. World War II was not the “Good War.”
Reasons why other Christians participate in violence: Reasons Christians Give to Say Violence by Christians is Legitimate
NONVIOLENT CHRISTIANS 