| Re: New Scientist on evolution Some religious figures (the vast majority, I'd guess) would rather Mass was not even disrupted, let alone destroyed, Teresa.
Seriously, though....
Originally, the weapons were invented for one reason: the belief not only that these weapons could be built, but that the enemy (in this case Nazi Germany) was capable of doing it, would do it if they could and was, in fact, already doing it: hence the Manhattan Project. (As we've seen more recently, intelligence regarding WND production is not always perfect, but they could hardly take the risk that Hitler might develop the Bomb in the middle of the most destructive war this world has ever seen without arming themselves.) |