How Christianity has dealt with nuclear weapons

WHERE have Christians stood in the debate about nuclear weapons' How have practitioners of the world's most popular religion answered the moral dilemmas posed by devices that could bring all human life to a horrific end' Given that the controllers of the world's two main nuclear arsenals both claim to be champions of the Christian cause, the question is topical, not just an academic brain-teaser.And the best answer is that right from the beginning of the nuclear age, Christians have found themselves on both sides, often in rather dramatic ways. This month's war of words over North Korea have brought reminders of that paradox. Soon after President Donald Trump issued his threat of 'fire and fury', a theological battle broke out through the medium of America's leading newspapers. Robert Jefress, one of Mr Trump's favourite pastors, stated that God had given the president authority to
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