Hate: The Black Hole Of The Human Soul Pt. 2

There has been some spirited talk about the subject I posted a couple of days ago. I wanted to respond to the statements made on Facebook here because frankly, the texting on FB is much to be desired. Buckle up, here we go.

It was said in one of the posts:

"You know I'm not seeing it as or holding it against any race, although people on both sides of the issue define it as such. Worse, many of the displaced made it a race issue themselves."


Reply: I'm not saying that all of the bad stuff that happen to the people who were displaced was racially motivated, not in the least, BUT historically speaking, when a disaster hit neighborhoods that were occupied by minorities, it was those neighborhoods that either were not built back up or were very slow in receiving funding to rebuild. This was not the norm in wealthier neighborhoods whom were built back up in a timely fashion.

For the record, I don't see the "racial boogeyman" around every corner. I do not attempt to infer racism into every situation I read or hear about. I'm not saying anyone is implying that, but I just wanted it out there. In the article I referred to with Boortz, I put the quote he had in there because when you read it and know the situations and references he made, it does not take a Mr. Spock or Sherlock Holmes to see that we was specifically speaking about African-Americans. When he referred to the Superdome, if we remember the scenes from there, a majority of the people that were seen were people of color. Of course there were other ethnicities there, but if Boortz was looking at the same images I was, it was a sea of Black faces. So in THIS case, it's not a far stretch to know exactly who he was referring to.

Second statement I wanted to address:

"Now, careful with that theocratic thinking... Right and wrong are much more easily determined & upheld without religion needing any place in that. Most terrorists (domestic and abroad) are faithful and see what they do as for God.

Faith is often a good thing, but also absolutely abusable - that is why I am no longer religious at all. Spiritual, sure, good person, almost certainly, and no one can claim I am not well educated on the subject."

Reply:

I actually do not advocate a theocratic society, not one ruled by mortal men at least. We have tried to have a society ruled by a theocracy starting around 306A.D. under Emperor Constantine, it was the beginning of the "Holy" Roman Empire which after its collapse in the 5th century A.D., was the beginning of the Dark Ages. Indeed the Taliban are a more recent form of a theocracy and we see what that has gone. When I spoke about the Church speaking out against racism, what I was trying to convey was that Jesus was our model for how to treat our fellow man. When He walked the Earth, He had shown justice and mercy to the hurting and underprivileged. We as Christians should also model that behavior. Where there is injustice, we should speak loudest against it and act to correct it.

As I have stated in my opening post, I am a Christian by faith and practice, I do believe the Bible is the Word Of God. With that said, I do believe that Jesus will return one day and set up His kingdom on the Earth in Jerusalem. Check out the Books of Daniel, Revelations, and Isaiah, they refer to th Messiah and His kingdom. I said all of that to say this: I would never want to live a place where man has setup a theocracy because man is fallible and corruptible. Justice and mercy would only be applied to those who can afford it, look at Europe during the Dark Ages all the way up through the Renaissance. Corruption abounded under the political rule of the Papacy and it didn't get challenged until Martin Luther, but I digress. When Jesus rules, then you will see true love, justice and mercy. Just a note, I am not condemning Catholic people, not by any stretch of the imagination, I am only referring to the policies and doctrines that were condoned by the Papacy in centuries past. It is now 1:22AM and I must rest. If I haven't been clear enough, please let me know. I bid all a good ni..err.. morning.