Posted by
Resa on Monday, March 17, 2008 6:18:27 PM
How can it
be that the same people who are panicked about one part per billion of a
contaminant in our water or air, because they are afraid it will poison them,
are completely unfazed by the poison of lies, half-truths, and generally evil
ideas that are promoted and accepted without challenge? Don’t they realize that
the harm done to a society that accepts these polluting, evil thoughts and ideas
is far worse than any harm caused by few minor chemical contaminants?
For
example, I have listened to some of the sermons given by Senator Obama’s pastor,
who has been spewing venom and hatred for white people, rich people, and
America. The ideas he has been promoting are based on lies, and they are evil
and harmful.
Creating
and building resentments and divisions between groups of people, and promoting
the idea of “you owe me” are extremely destructive to the fabric of our society
and to the people in it. They generate violence against innocent people. They
generate hopelessness and prevent people from making the best use of their
talents and energies in order to achieve success. If the minister really did
want to help his flock, instead of promoting hatred and resentment, he would
remind them that every human being must be treated with respect. He would
remind them that we are all in this boat together, and we all need to respect
each other’s lives, liberty, and property in order to live in peace and
prosperity.
If we
swallow the poison that is being spewed out by people like that pastor, by
political candidates who promise to take property from someone else to give to
you or to your cause, by crusaders who think it is alright to burn down a house
if they think it is too large or to spray paint someone else’s fur coat, or by
people who want to curtail free speech or freedom of religion, or by anyone else
who fosters divisions, resentments, and hatreds among people, and if we then, as
a result of these polluting ideas, fail to respect the life, liberty and
property of others, we will eventually find out that we have been shooting holes
in the bottom of our collective boat, and we will all find ourselves sinking
together.
It is time
to stop the nonsense and start telling the truth. I realize that the human race
has been just as corrupt and stupid and destructive at many times in the past as
we are being today, and we have managed to survive it somehow. In this Easter
season, I am again reminded that miracles can happen, and I am on my knees
praying for one, because we sure do need it.
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