Being Brutally Honest...
The words came into my semi-aware consciousness from the radio on my bedside table..."Christian militias" the reporter on NPR was saying, reporting about the on-going conflict in the Central African Republic between Muslims and Christians. The seeming incongruity of the words stayed with me as I showered, preparing for the day, and I could not shake their oxymoronic quality. Christianity, after all, is to be a religion of peace, isn't it? a religion which calls for love of BOTH neighbor and enemy...a belief system which calls for turning the other cheek and caring for the last and least. So how has it become a source of and justification for war? When and how did we humans come to the conclusion that the only way for me to be right is for you to be wrong? And why has that become so important? How did we reach this place in human history wh...