More Lost Souls

When I read stories like these all I can think is that Jesus has a special concern for the poor, the orphaned, and the widowed, and I fear that Americans are part of the reason why so many exist. As Christians, we should be caring for the marginalized, the frightened, the maimed - not creating more of them. All this information, and particularly the escalating violence in the Middle East, leads me to believe our uncritical support of Israel needs to be re-examined.

As I said before, I think Israel has a right to a nation-state (as does Palestine), but it does not have a right to perpetrate state-sponsored terrorism, especially not with my tax dollars. I can’t help but think that the more women and children they kill, the more boys and men (and even girls) will take up the call to blow themselves up for the sake of a different future. I hardly think this is what so many evangelical Christians are hoping for. If this does indeed portend the Armageddon, at what cost does it come? And more importantly, are we really the ones who decide when or how it should come?

[via Burnside Writers Collective, emphasis mine, HT: A short step down from thought provoking]