What first made you passionate about seeing a world free of nuclear weapons? And what sustains your interest? Because, let’s be honest, it’s an issue that’s easy to ignore, if you want to.
Nuclear technology is so dangerous to human life that it has to be locked away in secrecy, for the sake of public health. But this also makes it an invisible problem — until, as the unfolding tragedy in Japan is showing, the technology escapes our control. This is why often the only people talking about nuclear weapons are those of us who do so for a living. (As I’ve written elsewhere, for me this work is also directly tied with coming to faith in Jesus Christ.)
I asked Nish Weiseth, a mom and Two Futures Project supporter who blogs at A Deeper Story, for her take on what motivates her concern about nuclear weapons. Her response is powerful stuff — check it out here.
And I hope you’ll weigh in, too — maybe especially if you’re a mom or dad out there whose primary daily concern is the minutiae of caring for kids. What’s your story? To crib from Dr. Strangelove, how’d you learn to start worrying and hate the bomb?
Add a comment at A Deeper Story, share this discussion on Facebook or Twitter, or — best of all — use your own blog platform to reflect and broaden this conversation to your friends, family, and network — and then send us the link.
Pax Christi,
Tyler
PS I wanted to include a nuclear-related image here that wasn’t a mushroom cloud, but using most of the results from a Google Image search for “Hiroshima” simply to illustrate a little blog entry felt like misery pornography. So, if you want to bear respectful witness to the suffering that these devices can cause, click here (warning: graphic images not suitable for everyone).
