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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 09:55 AM
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it was known as the “Jesus loves nukes” lesson
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8684257/Jesus-loves-nukes-US-Air-Force-taught-the-Christian-Just-War-Theory.html

'Jesus loves nukes': US Air Force taught the Christian Just War Theory

To the men and women burdened with the ultimate responsibility of launching America’s nuclear missiles it was known as the “Jesus loves nukes” lesson.

By Nick Allen, Los Angeles
7:20PM BST 05 Aug 2011

For 20 years the course on “Christian Just War Theory” was taught by chaplains at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to those who would turn the key should World War III break out.

The training, which used passages from the Bible and religious imagery to demonstrate the moral justification for atomic warfare, has now been suspended.

The Air Force acted after receiving an inquiry from Truthout, a news website which first broke the story.

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chrisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 09:58 AM
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1. This is sick and beyond belief.
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