The Christian Ethics of the Arms Race

From the perspective of Christian ethics, the nuclear arms race is antithetical to the Biblical injunction to live in peace. Matthew 5:9 states, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God," and Romans 14:19 says, "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another" (KJV). Moreover, the Bible instructs him "that would love life, and see good days" to "turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it"

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