The article Divine Mushroom Cloud: A Call to Worship by Karen Horst Cobb explores the religious significance of nuclear warfare. Of course, some of the 'religious' implications were clear from the begining. Upon seeing the first atomic explosion (named the Trinity test no less) Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the atomic bomb" is known to have thought back to the Bhagavad-Gita and the lines "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
It reminds me of the film Beneath the Planet of the Apes where those mutant humans lived underground and formed a cult which worshipped the Bomb. I think she has a point. Admittedly, we still have a ways to go. We still haven't developed mental telepathy and we don't need masks to cover our radiation-scarred faces. But I think Cobb is right. In some circles, the bomb has become an idol of sorts, like the Ark of the Covenant which the children of Israel carried into battle.
And y'all know what the Bible (or the Quran for that matter) says about idolatry.
Grenada's past:
monkey business
It reminds me of the film Beneath the Planet of the Apes where those mutant humans lived underground and formed a cult which worshipped the Bomb. I think she has a point. Admittedly, we still have a ways to go. We still haven't developed mental telepathy and we don't need masks to cover our radiation-scarred faces. But I think Cobb is right. In some circles, the bomb has become an idol of sorts, like the Ark of the Covenant which the children of Israel carried into battle.
And y'all know what the Bible (or the Quran for that matter) says about idolatry.
Grenada's past:
monkey business
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