{"id":2492,"date":"2005-08-06T03:54:06","date_gmt":"2005-08-06T07:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2005-11-05T23:20:34","modified_gmt":"2005-11-06T03:20:34","slug":"hiroshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2005\/08\/hiroshima\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshima"},"content":{"rendered":"

It happened. From pictures<\/a> and testimonies<\/a> we can grasp somehow what happened. Sixty years ago to the day. I am unable to write a long post on such agony and devastation. Moreover, this is not the day to analyze the chain of events that led to it nor to weigh reasons and responsibilities. Still I feel I must try to comprehend something essential, something that goes way beyond the facts and ties in with the Gospel and eternity. After all the trivialities, this is a day to ponder about the white doves flying over the Atomic Bomb Dome, the suffering on all sides, burned skin hanging from bodies, radiation, children, peace for tomorrow. But the scare of a future, similar to Hiroshima’s fate, is still with us, today more than yesterday. <\/p>\n

In the April 2003 conference, Gordon B. Hinckley said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We can hope and pray for that glorious day foretold by the prophet Isaiah when men “shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Isaiah 2:4).<\/p>\n

Even when the armaments of war ring out in deathly serenade and darkness and hatred reign in the hearts of some, there stands immovable, reassuring, comforting, and with great outreaching love the quiet figure of the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world. We can proclaim with Paul: “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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