Today in History - December 7

 A special thanks to Wikipedia.com for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

December 7:

1932 - German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1. Einstein Was Wrong - Absolutely! by Dr. Alan Cairns
2. The Relevance of Physics, Cosmology,  & Astronomy for Young Earth Creation, by Keith Wanser

1951 - World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Source)

Recommended reading:

Pearl Harbor Unmasked - lewrockwell.com

Excerpt from this article: "Stinnett demonstrates, on the basis of extensive incontrovertible factual evidence and self-evidently accurate analysis that President Roosevelt oversaw contrivance and deployment of a closely-guarded secret plan to goad the Japanese into attacking Pearl Harbor and monitor them while they did it."

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Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1. Just War Theory, Pearl Harbor and the Second World War, by Historian Bill Potter
2. Hiroshima, Scorched Earth, and Nuclear Warfare - Why We Don't Kill Women and Children, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
3. Were the Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified? by Peter Hammond
4. Was Pearl Harbor An Unprecedented Attack? by Peter Hammond

I'm currently reading Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's book, Killing the Rising Sun. This book is about World War II, specifically the last part of the war leading up to and following the dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Here are some of quotes from this great book:

1. "In the blast that follows, a fireball spreads out over the target zone. It travels at one hundred times the speed of sound, rendering it silent. One-millionth of a second later, the people of Hiroshima began to incinerate."
2. "But Enola Gay is safe. All twelve men on board are alive. In six hours they will celebrate with whiskey and lemonade and spend the night far from the hell they have just created."
3. "The next day the chilling results of what the young officer saw from the air are reported on Japanese radio: 'Practically all living things, human and animal, were literally seared to death."
4. "[President] Truman's face lights up. 'This is the greatest thing in history...'"
5. "'Thank God for the atomic bomb' is a common refrain among American soldiers and sailors, who have been dreading the blood-bath sure to come in American troops invade the beaches of Japan. To many of them, the bombing of civilians is not an issue - it's payback for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor."
6. "Oppenheimer soon leaves the stage, but not before bringing the house down with his final comment: 'My only regret is that we didn't develop the bomb in time to use it against the Germans.'"