In Memoriam

On this date in 1945 we dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. 100,000 people died instantaneously. By the end of 1945, the death toll was 145,000. Within five years it climbed to 200,000. The civilian to military death ratio was 6-1. Days later we dropped another bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Similar results followed.

To date, these are he only occasions that nuclear or atomic weapons have been used against civilian populations. A month before either bomb was dropped, 150 scientists from the Los Alamos test site sent a petition to President Truman urging him not to utilize the bombs. They used words like "inhumane."

In the United States, anywhere from 60 -80% of the population identifies themselves as practicing Christians of some sort.