In March 1982 the Scottish Bishops published a pastoral letter on Peace and Disarmament. In this letter they challenged not just the use of nuclear weapons, something the church has always condemned, but they challenged also the very notion of deterrence and the morality of deterrence. That challenge was not accepted at the time but now more than ever the church has come to recognise that deterrence to is something which is unacceptable. Unacceptable also is the fact that 40 years on these weapons still exist but also that countries are spending vast sums of money making new and worse weapons of destruction – money, resources and personnel that could all be better used building up peace rather than in weapons of war. We commemorate now the 40th anniversary of this document by reading it again today and seeing how relevant it is to our world today. Archbishop Nolan.
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