Sunday, May 31, 2015

Terrorism and Jesus.

There was a news feed showing up on my facebook relating a story regarding a Nazi War Criminal that is on trial for his participation during the holocaust.  (link provided)
http://thebea.st/1KvT5nP

What continues to baffle me is when I read these stories and then I see the same acts of violence on humanity.  There have been numerous accounts of the United States committing atrocities throughout the world and we don't view it as such.

There are terrorist acts committed daily within the United States too.  (link provided) 
http://bit.ly/1LQKu03

When I think about how this applies to finding God it's as difficult to see as the Christ who stood in front of Pilate bloodied and beaten.  Pilate asked; "What is Truth?" The Truth was in front of him and he couldn't see it.  He couldn't see the truth because it was covered up with blood. We can't see the truth because it's covered up with the propaganda that shrouds the cultures senses. 

If we can proclaim Christ and His Gospel, then we need to proclaim the injustices that bloody our cultures. OUR culture is guilty of terrorism unless we adapt the Relativism theory.  We oppress diverse minds and thought through the pretext of Americanism.  If you don't believe in the Christ, believe in the good for humanity.

If you don't agree with oppressing Muslims, because of the rogue actions of radical Muslims, you are labeled anti-American.  

If you don't agree with equal rights for "non-traditional" marriages you are labeled a dissenter.

If you fight for the rights of those who have not (globally) you are a "bleeding heart liberal."

Jesus fought against the hypocrisy, The Woman Caught in Adultery and Healing of the Sick on the Sabbath. 
Get the idea?  Keep fighting!  You're in good company.  Jesus faced hypocrites in his day and was faced with the same responses that those who fight for the rights of justice and equality face today, "Even unto death" 

If we are not hypocrites then let's stop acting like hypocrites.  If we are, we need to stop.  "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

Here are some good sources to research.
Moral Truism-
http://www.chomsky.info/articles/200310--.pdf
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10312.htm

Moral Relativism-
Moral relativism is the view that ethical standards, morality, and positions of right or wrong are culturally based, and, therefore, subject to a person's individual choice. We can all decide what is right for ourselves. You decide what's right for you, and I'll decide what's right for me. Moral relativism says, "It's true for me, if I believe it."
Terrorism- 
The Department of Defense Dictionary of Military Terms defines terrorism as: The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.

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