Do you like it when religious nations get nuclear weapons?
440105
Religions are based on "faith".\n\nFaith is belief without reason or evidence.  If you are following something without evidence, you are following an irrational belief.  We have histories of people using religion to justify genocide, torture, or criminal acts against humanity.\n\nI think it is extremely dangerous that religious nations' have access to weapons of mass destruction.  \n\nFor that matter, I do not think that any nation is responsible enough to have weapons of mass destruction.  When resources are scarce, people will use whatever means are necessary to acquire those resources... even it entails the use of horrific acts.  They will just blame it on religion or something else to distance the blame from themselves.
291365
Iran is a theocracy. Their religious leaders are also their political leaders. Although the people themselves are very westerniazed, their leaders are not which leads to a lot of discontent within the people. They are about 10 years away from having a working nuclear program, but are a nuclear threat. Don't know what else you want to know without you asking specifics, but that was some random stuff.
962026
Maybe they didn't like you inviting yourselves into their country and bombing and distroying everything in sight and forcing your alien western system on them.\n       I'd be kind of resentful if they invaded my country and tried to force the Moslem religion on me for my own good.
42930
Good deterrent,since so many of you in the Middle East seem to think we're the devil's spawn because we're not Muslim. Keep in mind though, a good number of our population is Muslim.\nWe, in this country, pretty much live with the idea that the best defense is a strong offense.\nIt's pretty hard (I would hope) to use nuclear weapons against us, knowing that at the same time, we would be wiping you off the face of this planet.\nMutual destruction. Let us all pray it never comes to that.\nHow about some common sense and tolerance out there?
857789
Of course. This has always been the case.\n\nReligions are very good at manipulating the masses. As long as you cater to the people's beliefs, you can make them do just about anything you want. Hence, things Islamic terrorism and the Christian crusades.\n\nA lot of the people in the US who think they are religious are mostly just fooling themselves. Why? Because they're okay with the idea of killing thousands of Iraqi's while at the same time opposing abortion. Because they're okay with torture and extrordinary rendition.\n\nThe New Testament does not contain a passage that says, "Thou shalt not kill, unless thine enemy is believed to possesth Weapons Of Mass Destruction". Nor is there a passage that says, "If thine enemey be a terrorist, thou shalt torture thine enemy. If thy countrymen opposeth thy torture, then thou shalt move thine terrorist to a foriegn country and tortureth mightily".\n\nThe new testament teaches about forgiveness and turning the other cheek. It teaches about loving thy enemy and tolerance. In other words, it teaches exactly opposite of what most religious people seem to believe.\n\nReligion has always been a tool of th powerful.\n\nI say that all these people should just stop pretending and modify their religion to support these double standards, instead of trying to justify their actions by forcing special interpretations of a 2000 year old book about invisible sky wizards. The new religion should be called something like "The American Testament: My God Will Kick Your A$$". Book I could be the Book of Bush which details the story of the Prophet Rumsfeld and the trials and tribulations of an oil farmer named Cheney.\n\n~X~
176014
no. their country's too unstable. i'm not sure but i don't think we're on good terms with korea right now. i think they've been threatening us with nukes.
603744
And so does the UK and South Africa.\n\nThe good thing is that in the last 50 years no-=one has used them, but that will all change if a lunatic who is not afraid of retaliation gets the bomb.\n\nIran and North Korea come to mind.\n\nWhen you have nothing but an unshakeable belief in your religion or system its easy to start a war.
723748
I agree with him....religion is the cause of many a war!  (in God's name-ironic huh?)
145148
I think so. Iran is wanting nuclear weapons. They should live under the same rules as everyone else.
134301
more than likely.if they do they should nuke and nerve gas them till they glow.these people dont want nuclear power for energy.they want to make dirty weapons,and with the rumour of russian missile technology already in the country,it would just be a matter of time before they strike at israel or cities in europe or anywhere else for that matter.the west needs to learn that diplomacy does not work these people.
105575
I THINK THAT YOUR COUNTRY'S DIRECTION IN THE NUCLEAR AGE IS DEPENDANT ON HOW THE PROGRAM IS BASED AND IMPLIMENTED. HOW IT CAN BE GUIDED AND MONITORED FOR SAFETY VIOLATION'S AND UPGRADES. I DO NOT WANT FOR YOUR COUNTRY TO GET UPSET AT CURRENT EVENT'S AND STRIKE ONE OF IT'S ENEMY'S WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY.
1119657
bottom line is: we can't change the fact that some countries have nuclear weapons, but if possible we need to prevent more from becoming armed with them,\nLike it or not, the more countries that have nuclear weapons the more likely that some country will use them against their "enemy's"\nIf this should occurs, it may lead others to use their weapons in fear of a nuclear attract,\nResulting in a world wide exchange of nuclear weapons fire!
645601
Maybe I can help here. If western democracies have nuclear weapons, that's a good thing and helps towards world peace and stability. If anybody else has them, obviously that's a very bad thing and leads towards armed conflict and Armageddon. Except for Israel, naturally.\nI hope this has cleared up a difficult area of international geo-politics.
366884
Who told you that,they have nukes but they dont want to use it for...\nmaybe they are dangerous for countris like:Israel ,USA... that they Scare from Iran
364202
Unfortunately yes. We will not suffer another country (that is so full of terroristic groups) to possess nuclear weapons. The threat to our country would be too great, considering we are not well liked (for various reasons). I think a pre-emptive strike will happen in the near future, though the cost of it (economically, politically, and diplomatically) will be immense.
38699
A country like Iran that has pursued nuclear weapons and long-range rockets and has vowed to destroy a Democracy (Israel) should not be trusted, noteven with materials that could be used to further their nefarious aims.  Would they even hesitate to supply such weapons to terriorists?  Do you want to take that chance?  Just having nuclear WMD would allow them to intimidate their neighbors.  No one would dare try to stop them from equipping even more suicide bombers or organizing the powers on earth that have no regard for innocent human life, including yours.
1054377
they don't.  countries fight over power, over money, and over resources.  those who direct the fighting, who actually cause the wars, don't care about religion.  religion is just a convenient excuse for them to stir up hate and bigotry, which NO religion condones.