WN: This speech was given by George Zabelka, former U.S. chaplain who blessed the dropping of the two atomic bombs in August 1945. It also appears here.
Please also see on this site: I Was Told It Was Necessary.
An excerpt:
I never preached a single sermon against killing civilians to the men who were doing it. I was brainwashed! It never entered my mind to protest publicly the consequences of these massive air raids. I was told it was necessary – told openly by the military and told implicitly by my Church’s leadership. (To the best of my knowledge no American cardinals or bishops were opposing these mass air raids. Silence in such matters is a stamp of approval.)
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The morality of the balance of terrorism is a morality that Christ never taught. The ethics of mass butchery cannot be found in the teachings of Jesus. In Just War ethics, Jesus Christ, who is supposed to be all in the Christian life, is irrelevant. He might as well never have existed. In Just War ethics, no appeal is made to him or his teaching, because no appeal can be made to him or his teaching, for neither he nor his teaching gives standards for Christians to follow in order to determine what level of slaughter is acceptable.
Juxtapose this with the so-called “Land Letter“–and someone is denying Jesus!
Please click on: Blessing the Bombs- Fr. Zabelka
