Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe has described nuclear weapons as “blasphemous,” saying they represent humanity’s attempt to assume the power of God.
Speaking at Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Church in New Mexico, the archbishop said: “I think nuclear weapons are blasphemous, an attempt to build a Tower of Babel, an attempt to eat from the apple of the tree of the Garden of Eden, to become like God, to become gods.”
He made his remarks at an event organised by the advocacy group Nuclear Watch New Mexico, following his return from Japan where he had taken part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
