Nothing better proves the American lust for war, the
American celebration of war and therefore America’s doomed destiny as eventual
victor-vanquished victims of war than this Christmas season.
It is a
supremely sad and uncanny irony that during the celebration of THE Prince of
Peace, Jesus Christ (ostensibly our lord and savior), the most hyped movie is “Warhorse,” the most advertised video games (as usual)
are about bullets and bombs and that the favorite refrain of the
super-religious is once again “the war on Christmas.”
Until
the masses of everyday American citizens taste the reality of the wars unleashed on the millions of innocents in
places like Iraq and Vietnam, until they suffer, truly suffer the hard hits of
the mystique which they now so readily venerate, they will continue down , down, down the inevitable path towards
that tragic future eventuality.
The inability
to learn from history, to exercise true faith in the teachings of “the reason
for the season,” to live in love,
charity, mercy and peace, and to therefore reject war and all its
glorifications makes a mockery of every “Merry
Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Season’s Greetings” cheer.
Thank
you God for Jesus, the greatest teacher of them all.
Maybe some day we'll learn.
1 comment:
Gosh, I hope so.
Maybe we need to get back to the question, What Would Jesus Do?
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