Ideology of Peace
GOING AGAINST THE CREATION PLAN
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opportunities and possibilities, by availing of which
one can start one’s life all over again and reach the
destination of success.
THE AGE OF WAR HAS COME TO AN END
In ancient and mediaeval times, military encounters
took place in the form of hand-to-hand fighting
between soldiers wielding swords. But in modern
times, highly sophisticated weapons such as nuclear
missiles are used. The basic difference between
early and modern warfare is in the extent of the
carnage in each case. The wielding of swords could
sever the heads of only a few of the combatants, but
now in the atomic age the equation has totally
changed. For now war means general destruction.
Moreover, the bomb aimed at the enemy is
destructive to the user too. When we face up to
these hard facts, we have to concede that war has
become a futile exercise. War is now only a
manifestation of madness, instead of being a
measure calculated to enable one to achieve one’s
objective. After the emergence of nuclear weapons,
war has become a thing to be abhorred and
abandoned. When we can see that resorting to war
