Comments on: Hiroshima Day http://rmarsh.com/2006/08/05/hiroshima-day/ Spirituality and Theology Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: crystal http://rmarsh.com/2006/08/05/hiroshima-day/#comment-269 crystal Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:28:36 +0000 http://rmarsh.com/2006/08/05/hiroshima-day/#comment-269 <i> The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever the good that might result ? When will our moralists give us a clear answer to this question?</i> - from the eyewitness account. I hardly know what to say. My grandfather fought in WWII. My sister lived in Japan for 7 years, traveled all over, and never had the courage to visit Hiroshima. My spouse was Japanese. Isn't every war like this, though on a lessor scale, and doesn't the spiritual evil always exceed the good? The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever the good that might result ? When will our moralists give us a clear answer to this question? - from the eyewitness account.

I hardly know what to say. My grandfather fought in WWII. My sister lived in Japan for 7 years, traveled all over, and never had the courage to visit Hiroshima. My spouse was Japanese. Isn’t every war like this, though on a lessor scale, and doesn’t the spiritual evil always exceed the good?

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