So Much Hatred . . .
Today I saw a story about US soldiers in Afghanistan, killing for fun. It follows hard on the heels of the story of Reverend Terry Jones who has ‘prayerfully’ decided to burn a copy of the Quran on the anniversary, today, of 9-11. These stories are like wounds in my heart, and I begin to wonder if there is any hope for ‘peace on earth, good will toward men.’
Sometimes I get discouraged.
9-11 wounded us badly, wounded that fountain of optimism that believes we can all be friends, that we can overcome, that ‘Yes, we can.’
We’ve recovered.
Acts of hate are acts of hate, whether they originate from Americans, from Moslems, from Hindus, from Mongolians, from Krakens . . . We each have it within us to make the right choice, to choose NOT to act in hate against our fellow man. It’s not a one-time choice. It’s a choice we each, individually, make over and over again, every day.
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You are so right! It discourages me to see “Christians” act in such unbibilical ways. Can’t they see that it gives Christians the same bad reputation as the extreme terrorists give to Islam?
Exactly! It’s discouraging to me when it is Christianity vs Islam, but I also shake my head in despair when it is Catholic vs Protestant, or Baptist vs Mormon, or Shiite vs Sunni . . . all of it distracts us from the glory of God, and the life we are supposed to be leading in his honor . . .
Who are the Krakens?
Mythical and terrifyingly destructive sea-monsters. I threw it in because the topic weighed me down so much. It is a family-culture thing, the worse you feel, the more you try to laugh it off.