our knowlodge of the structure of atoms, good or bad for mankind?

I vote good.

Knowing is always better than not knowing

Joe(or making stuff up)Nation

To every great discovery is a dark side. God punishes us by turning us homosexual, making us speak different languages, making earthquakes, setting tornadoes on us. I vote going back and walking around in skins, hunting squirrels with sticks for dinner. Sending text messages by smoke signals.

Given that all technology and science is link together your question would need to state is technology good or bad for mankind as a whole not one branch of it.

There is no way you could have cell phones or the current type of computers or medical scanning devices or...........without an understanding of the structure of the atom.

So is technology beyond the 1920s good or bad for mankind?

Humans both use and misuse their science and technology. While plastic seemed a boon at first, it has turned into a planet-wide disaster. We feared nuclear power during the 1950s but, today, nuclear power is far from the headlines and the everyday consideration of 'the man on the street.' Surprisingly, evolution is more controversial than atomic energy!

I would think that anyone who believes not just in God but in a just and benevolent God would think that God gave man a serious of problems to solve and retained secrets until man was able to decipher them. I do not mean in the sense of Genesis' Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which was the god of the Hebrews acting more like Zeus. Rather, a god in the mode of a loving, professorial father, a sort of supernatural Socrates, who allows his children to explore and make mistakes while lovingly leading them to a future that is safe and rich in possibilities.

So far, good -- hands down.

If you compare how many lives were destroyed by advanced weapons, and how many lives were saved and prolonged by advances in chemistry, medicine, power generation, and material science, and electronics, the good stuff dominates by far.