Dear Editor,
Today's ‘Fault Line’ column by Billy Hallowell regarding the “roots of evil” hit an important nerve in his first three paragraphs. Then he hit a vein of misjudgment asserting that “the antidote” to America’s problems can be “found in the Bible”. No doubt Jesus gave humanity the antidote in the context of the golden rule and forgiveness. But many Bible followers believe it is a science book and the earth is only 6000 years old. Or a Jewish real-estate manual regarding Middle East borders. A belief that could lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy of Armageddon.
Like beauty, evil is in the eye of the beholder. The surviving relatives of innocent Muslims killed
by US drone strikes see evil behind it. In
reality ignorance and arrogance is the evil.
Believing that the lives of other people are of less value than our
own is not what Christ intended. Collateral
damage is US-sanctioned murder. And it
is this lack of global justice and our current global governance system that
puts the protection of national sovereignty above the protection of God-given human
rights that is the true “catalyst for confusion, disarray, anger, hatred, and
discord.”
Different interpretations of the Bible, Torah, and Quran each
have led to lethal divisions within these most popular pillars of faith. God intended us to come together. If there is
a devil it is in the religious beliefs that divide us from one another.
I haven’t yet seen the movie “Nefarious” but I’m guessing
it will be a “glimpse of our world from a theological perspective.” But not a logical perspective based on the
true message Jesus intended for us to ‘love one another’.
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