Matters of Opinion: The Fallacy of Missile Defense
Christians should reject nuclear proliferation, especially when it's proposed of just war.
Darryl Brown and Tricia Gates Brown | posted 10/23/2000 12:00AM

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Darryl Brownis a graphic designer and illustrator whose work often appears in CT.
Tricia Gates Brown is adjunct professor of biblical studies at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.
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MAD No More" column which spurred the Browns to write this piece.Read more about
just-war theory.Stay on the lookout for Christianity Today's December story about Christian peacemakers.Other media coverage of anti-missile systems includes:It Only Looks Like He's Not Doing Anything—CNN (Sept. 4, 2000)
Russian intransigence led to U.S. missile delay—The Japan Times (Sept. 4, 2000)
Putin hails Clinton's move to delay building missile system—The Boston Globe (Sept. 3, 2000)Previous Christianity Today stories about Christian principles and war include:Does Kosovo Pass the Just-War Test? | The military intervention introduces moral questions that the church ought to raise now, not waiting until the body bags start coming home. (May 24, 1999)
The Last Good War | Three "Best Picture" nominations ask why we fight. (April 5, 1999)
Was the Revolutionary War Justified? | Americans fought a war to gain the kind of freedom that Canada, New Zealand, and Australia were simply given. (Feb. 8, 1999)
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