“God is
Great” is the war cry of today’s martyrs, before killing a lot of innocent
strangers and then themselves. My first
reaction to the ISIS murder of 130 Parisians and the hospitalization of another
350 was, we ought to bomb the crap out of ISIS.
Then I realized that we and Russia have been doing just that. I wondered why this event made me so
angry. The photos of bombed out cities
in the Middle East do not anger me. The
casualties there don’t look like me. I’m
white, just like most of those Parisians and I even dress like the poor
ones. We speak the same language, but
most of them have an accent. After all,
we nuked the Japanese rather than the Germans for just those two reasons. I must admit that since the Japanese weren’t
Christians and the Germans were, that might have entered into the
decision. George Bush said that our
decision to attack Iraq, even though they had done nothing to us and presented
no threat, had nothing to do with the fact that they were a Muslim nation of
brown folks. He also would say that it
had nothing to do with oil or the munitions industries. And, if our President said that, it must be
true.
Maybe God IS Great
But ISIS Sucks !
That is the
T-shirt I want. It would be nice if it
were embellished with an American and a French flag. It is really stupid to shout “God is Great”,
and then murder a bunch of innocents. If
God is even good, he certainly can’t obtain greatness by backing psychopaths in
their actions. I suppose that this logic
would apply to any soldier, of any nation, who thinks that “God Is On Our
Side”. Logically it would also apply to
those who sponsor them (taxpayers).
So, what is
a rational reaction to ISIS, the revolutionary forces trying to create a Muslim
Nation, From Sea to Shining Sea? A
secular nation would be a better idea, but no one seems to do that. Such a nation would be stuck with the “Do
unto others …” concept, rather than God is on our side. The true logic of God is on our side, is God
is on My side. The logic of an
egotistical fool.
Back to the
solution. It obviously would not be to
escalate the problem. The world that
sees itself as rational, might lead through example. Like, stop the bombing. Bombing is the tool of collateral damage. There are nations in Africa who have ended
centuries of oppression peacefully. It
is possible. Help and suggest better
methods rather than bombing and marching.
You will still have some do gooders killed, while trying to help, but
many less than in a war and the do gooders killed, have a chance at Heaven,
whereas the “brave” warriors have none.
This, of course, assumes that God actually is great (it also assumes
that the imaginary concept of Heaven exists).
Send out teachers, food, water systems and engineers to help the
developing nations. Keep a few soldiers
and their equipment within our borders.
This is just in case a nation that you are trying to help, might want to
attack you. What if there really were “A
Shining Tower” in our world? But alas,
our Earth is but “A Ship of Fools.”
Enjoy your voyage through the Universe.
“God Is Great.”
Comments are
welcome.
Cheers, Old
Buz The Pacifist
