Is it just me or is there a divided
world emerging? We probably all know it’s always been there. But with the
advent of society’s problem with and reaction to political correctness gone too
far, the divisions are emerging everywhere and they’re affecting lives — separating
good friends, for instance, because the sharp malalignment of even one
passionately felt issue disintegrates their affection.
Could it be that such vitriolic
expressions of extremities of thought, once aired, which can never be taken
back, and would by their owners never be retracted, work in the favour of an
invisible enemy?
Name the issue. Trump. Same-sex
marriage. Indigenous issues. Refugees, their migration and acceptance (or not)
into a foreign country. The unfair coupling of ISIS and people of Muslim faith.
Anti-Semitism and Philo-Semitism. Truly the list goes on and on.
I think we’re on the cusp of
something terrifying. The world needs God more than ever, so as individuals we
can take due responsibility as citizens with equal stake in the community of
earth.
We all have our innate and
developed biases. But faith in God moderates these biases so we can truly
understand where they come from — they almost always emanate from our
brokenness. If we’re to be part of building something good instead of
destroying it (and some of our relationships) along the way, we must come
together and learn to appreciate our differences of foundation, formation and
opinion.
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A divided world emerging. It’s
everywhere. Trump. Same-sex marriage. Indigenous issues. Refugees. Such
extremities of opinion. WW3 coming?
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