Christians, do you think that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are morally defensible?

Answer 1

Not sure about that one. I'm only 29 so I didn't live through that, but looking back it seems very hard to justify the bombings because so many innocent civilians were DELIBERATELY and knowingly killed.

I know there are many war vets who believe "if it wasn't them it would have been us" but I'm not sure that justifies the bombings b/c it's still preemption.

Preemptive war does not fall under the "Just War" theory that I hold as a Roman Catholic.

Answer 2

By bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, helped win the war.
Was it morally right? I really can't really answer that.
By bombing these two cities, many thousands of Japanese people were killed. Also by the bombings, many American lives were saved.
Was there another, better way to end the war....we'll never know.
I dare to say that the Japanese and American views would be totally different.
Who is right....who is wrong? I don't know if there can be one really good answer.
It is easy to look back and say "We could have done this or we could have done that",
My son-in-law made the following statement............................
"Should have, could have, would have doesn't solve anything" These statements are only good for argument and do not change anything.

To sum it all up....I really don't know.

Answer 3

Under situations like that, there is no morally defensible position, other than the fact that they started it and we finished it.

We focus on Hiro and Naga because of the nuclear aspect. However, do some google searching about the firebombing of Dresden and other German cities and Tokyo and other Japanese cities.

The whole thing is horrific. However, the defense is that it was necessary to beat into total submission a nation that had committed such atrocities as the Rape of Nanking and the violent conquest of the entire Pacific. They killed and sold into sex slavery millions of Koreans and Phillipinos.

It was a terrible time in the history of mankind.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It was either us or them. Period.

It was a horrible thing that happened during the war. It makes me sick.

But what about Pearl Harbor? Our people died too. What about them?

When it comes to war, the one with the biggest stick wins. That is just the way it is.

Hiroshima & Nagasaki ended our fight w/ Japan, didn't it? No more killing in that arena.

Answer 6

Is killing ever morally defensible? If you answer yes to that, then yes, the dropping of the bombs is morally defensible.

Answer 7

Yes. If you bomb or shoot me and I will bomb or shoot back.

While it is a horrible situation to be in, hey self-preservation kicks in.

The U.S. did try to help build Japan again and help those survivors with radiation sickness. I think it was done as a last resort. It ended the war.

Now Iraq may be a little different. I am not into aggression.

Answer 8

In the end it probably saved more people than it killed. If it hadn't happened, the Japanese and Americans would have continued fighting and far more would have died.

If you are talking about sheer numbers, then yes it is morally defensible. If you are talking about whether killing is wrong period, the probably not. The whole thing would be one moral catastrophe.

Answer 9

morally...no.
man does not always do the right thing obviously
It was Americans that dropped the bombs,..not Christians

Answer 10

I don't think any bombing is acceptable.

It's not fair to punish an entire country for the decision of it's leaders- hello America and President Bush!

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