Who would you rather have in charge of nuclear weapons?

OnceConvinced · Post by **OnceConvinced** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:11 pm

When it comes down to who is in charge of nuclear weapons, who would you prefer to be in charge of them? Christians or Atheists?

I can see many Christians saying they should be in charge because they would say that the Atheists have no Godly ethics and no concern about the value of human life. Also no accountability for their actions.

On the other hand I could see Atheists saying that Christians so much want to see Christ return, they will hasten nuclear war to fulfil the prophecies of Armageddon, so that Christ can return. They may also argue that Christians have no value for human life here on Earth because the ultimate goal is eternal life in Heaven, so now doesn't matter.

So who would you rather see in charge of those nukes?

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:24 pm

Could we turn them over to the Amish?

Furrowed Brow · Post by **Furrowed Brow** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:28 pm

Don't care if they're Christian, atheist or other.

Do care they be psychologically stable, professional, pragmatists, even tempered, astute, feel the full weight of the responsibility, retreat from ideology and eschew fundamentalism, do not feel they have to win at all cost, or that the world is ugly if it fails to follow a chosen creed.

At the top of my list of those not suitable is the present Iranian government.

Cathar1950 · Post by **Cathar1950** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:56 pm

McCulloch wrote:Could we turn them over to the Amish?

I would settle for Quakers and Mennonites too.
It would help if the other side did too.
Unlike some that are running for Vice President that seems to think that if they mess up Jesus will fix it all an atheist might be better as they might feel they have something to lose.
If scares the crap out of me every time I hear someone get all happy when war breaks our in the Middle east as some sign Jesus is going to rapture them out just before the push the button.
If the Republicans win this next election then I figure we might as well pull the big handle and flush. We probably got it coming.
I am grateful that the younger generation is looking to vote as we might have a chance.

JoeyKnothead · Post by **JoeyKnothead** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:46 pm

McCulloch wrote:Could we turn them over to the Amish?

Seconded.
You sir, are profoundly correct.

(edited because I can't spell correctly common words of the English language when I am laughing real hard)

Bekki659 · Post by **Bekki659** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:34 pm

The Amish still rely on horses, they wouldn't know what to do with one... which I guess is the point

I'd have to agree with that.

I don't think that either group would be more likely to use them if they were sensible people... hopefully self preservation would overcome the desire to press the red button.

But if you want to go with stereotypes...

I might prefer to hand them to an atheist, least the Christian receive a mandate from God to kill everybody

Haha.

I really don't know.

Cephus · Post by **Cephus** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:45 pm

I don't think the Amish are necessarily a bad idea, but only because they'd have nothing to do with them, they're remain buried without maintainence and eventually break down and be non-functional.

That said though, for any Christian group that might have the ability to use them, I'd want them kept way the heck out of their hands. Any group that talks to imaginary friends and believes that the end of the world is a good thing has no business having their fingers anywhere near the trigger.

Cathar1950 · Post by **Cathar1950** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:42 pm

Cephus wrote:I don't think the Amish are necessarily a bad idea, but only because they'd have nothing to do with them, they're remain buried without maintainence and eventually break down and be non-functional.

That said though, for any Christian group that might have the ability to use them, I'd want them kept way the heck out of their hands. Any group that talks to imaginary friends and believes that the end of the world is a good thing has no business having their fingers anywhere near the trigger.

All nuclear weapons should be in the hands of passifists like the Amish and Quakers. If everyone had non-functional weapons then they would be working just fine.

Homicidal_Cherry53 · Post by **Homicidal_Cherry53** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:11 pm

Yeah, I think Amish should be an option in the poll. The only people who should be in charge of nuclear weapons are those who will never use them.

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:24 pm

Homicidal_Cherry53 wrote:Yeah, I think Amish should be an option in the poll. The only people who should be in charge of nuclear weapons are those who will never use them.

Amish are a sect of Christianity. Christians are one of the stated options. So you could honestly answer Christian with qualifications.

I think we could safely turn them over to the Mennonite Central Committee or to the Quakers as well, or the Jain monks would do as well.