Sunday, January 22, 2023

Sacrificing The Young

The week in pictures

Religious belief, the passion and emotion of

spiritual guidance emanating from a divine source 

responsible for the creation of all that exists is 

a true enigma. What force of existence created the  

Master of the Universe? A Master with many guises 

as evinced by the human construct of many religions

all advancing themselves as singularly authentic

manifestations of the one true God, all others pale 

imposters. Whose adherents must be called to 

the paramount representation of the Holy Spirit. 

Among all religions held sacred by humanity one only 

appears prepared to sacrifice its young just as did

ancient religions of the past that propitiated the 

moods of their pantheon of gods through human 

sacrifice of the youngest and most comely among 

them. Beyond the devotion of pagan forbears one 

religion whose faithful span the globe remains 

fixated as of yore by the injunction to promote 

conversion by jihad and of necessity resorting to 

violence against one's enemies refusing to surrender

to the faith. Where children are impressed and cajoled 

and bidden to martyr themselves as soldiers of the 

faith represented by impassioned Islamists grooming 

the young for blessed martyrdom that results from 

bloody violence. A primitive reversal of other religions' 

schooling of their young in the time-honoured qualities of

mercy and forbearance, tolerance and peace among all.

 

 

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