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posted by Darrell Grizzle | 3:28 PM
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"'Where there are areas where the Shia are the majority, they'll kill the Mandaeans and the Christians along with the Sunnis. Where there are areas where the Sunni are the majority, they'll kill the Mandaeans and the Christians along with the Shia," Nashi said."
Killing and revenge…
Do you believe in critical mass, Hamza? Why hasn’t hate and murder reached critical mass shifting us as human beings into a higher consciousness? I do believe in goodness and order but when I read of such senseless brutality and witness our own country’s hand in the devastation it makes me sad.
It is hood over all our eyes until we believe the worst in us will prevail.
Saying a prayer for the Mandaeans and all sides involved. Perhaps this is all one can do.
I want to believe in critical mass, but if such a thing existed regarding brutality and violence, surely the human race would have reached it over a thousand years ago...
Thanks for posting this, Darrell. The Church of the East is almost extinct in Iraq now, but is maintaining some viability in diaspora. It's going to be harder for the Mandaeans.
Tommy, your question about critical mass is very pertinent. I think that in a way, critical mass was reached by many of the Western European countries involved in WWII.
It's interesting to visit Freedom House, an American-based freedom advocacy group which rates 25 countries as being more free than ours... most of them in Western Europe, including Germany.
I think what happened was that enormity of the devastation caused the Europeans to question many of their assumptions: religion, state, etc. Suddenly, none of the "givens" were given anymore. And for the most part, Europe is putting as much energy into coming together as we do in tearing ourselves apart.
It's not perfect. Leaders can still be seduced by the US to join us in our merry little wars, but the people usually don't buy it...
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