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Religious and medical anti-nuclear drive

Q&A : ‘Nuclear Energy Is Not a Solution to Climate Change’ – Neena Bhandari interviews DR SUE WAREHAM, at the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions MELBOURNE, Dec 9 (IPS)

IPS: What can religious and spiritual communities do to meet the challenge of abolishing these weapons of mass annihilation?

SW: We see the issue of nuclear weapons as one of the great ethical issues of our time. It is an issue that religions of the world really need to come to grips with because nuclear weapons are the most destructive and threatening weapons to have ever been created.

Therefore, we regard people, who are interested and passionate about ethical issues, have a responsibility of calling for abolition of nuclear weapons.

IPS: As a practicing medical doctor, what drives you to take up the issue of nuclear disarmament with such passion, and what fuels your zeal to see a nuclear-free world?

SW: Nuclear weapons are so utterly destructive. They make a mockery of what we do as medical practitioners, saving one life at a time. These weapons threaten thousands of lives at once and even future generations.

Q&A : ‘Nuclear Energy Is Not a Solution to Climate Change’ – IPS ipsnews.net

December 10, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, Religion and ethics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive, uranium