One thing that is becoming increasingly evident about my great-grandfather as I learn more about him through his sermons is his strange combination of traditional, conservative theology and social progressivism. Yesterday's post featured a newspaper clipping of an article by Bob Jones. Today we have another clipping featuring a prayer against the violence and destruction caused by the American nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. In a time in which wars often had a definite cause behind which U.S. citizens could rally (far from the uncertain nature of our government's secret and numerous international "conflicts" we see most prominent today), to stand against the nuclear option as a viable form of warfare seems pretty bold to me.
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