It is right to mourn the tragically slain in France.
It is right to mourn the innocents blown out of the sky over
Saudi Arabia.
It is right to try to help the innocent fleeing violence,
oppression and secular abuse.
It is right to contemplate a forceful response to diabolic
actions.
It is right to condemn with force those who choose a violent path
in life.
It is wrong to link all Muslims to terrorism.
It is wrong to respond to all of these cowardly slaughters
with fear.
Fear inhibits the component of compassion as the intellect
sorts through facts; as the mind worries about how to stay safe from an enemy
who cares not for life, theirs or someone else’s.
Fear is also an enemy. It constricts discernment. It
distorts reason. It diminishes the moral fiber of a basic human trait: to help
and response to need.
Unfortunately, many of our politicians and seekers of power
play the fear-card as their credential to leadership. It is wrong. It is shameful and I pray enough
people will peer through the darkness of projected fear into the light of
understanding. You can never be perfctly safe on a planet of learning.
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