Heaven Weeps over War
Religion has played a causal role in many wars and still does. This is the weirdest thing in the universe.
In this blog, I take the position that religion is about more than just a fairy tale. Being raised in a post-Vatican-II Catholic environment, what has struck me most and has stuck till the present day is the saying “God is Love.”
On top of this came the ‘summer of love.’
In 1967, I was too young, but just a few years later, the afterglow was part of my musical – and more – world. There was an excellent match between that kind of God, that kind of music, and that kind of me.
And there still is.
War
War is totally incompatible with the above. So, in this day and age – yes, even now – we have a big problem. War may be waged, among other things, to ‘protect our children.’ But as to God, all children are His. That includes the enemy’s children.
Killing those breaks His heart — even, or precisely when these deaths are seen as ‘collateral damage.’
Collateral damage? No way!
Tears in Heaven
One can find it weird that God doesn’t mingle, that He lets us do such stuff. This age-old mystery about letting us suffer and cause suffering to others, indeed, reaches its max in war.
The mystery has never been solved satisfactorily.
Meanwhile, the only thing one can feel in this regard is the Heavenly Weeping, as shown to us by Jesus’s mother.
Back to Earth
I see every war as proof of absent religion. Thus, seeing one’s religion as a reason to wage war is pure insanity, and that must be denounced as such by all straight-thinking people — especially those who feel religious, whether or not they also believe in Something.
To better understand this, put yourself at the enemy’s side. Even better, go and live there, then form your opinion in the face of God.
Would you dare then to look into His eyes?
You can imagine doing this — now. Do you dare?
Or do you believe in a fairy tale, after all?
In a fairyland, of course, anything can be believed to feel good, to go with the flow, to take whatever is given if only it ‘sounds right,’ and also if it does so to a considerable degree.
No real God would ever want to be at the center of such a fairyland. In other words, this is the opposite of any true religion possible.
If nothing else proves this last assertion, then any war in His name clearly does.
Anyway
Anyway, dear believer, whatever your religion, your God prefers your love above your hate.
If you are genuinely religious, your next decision will be the proper consequence.
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