The terrorists’ carnage in France has many of us condemning them for their insane views and actions and our government vows to destroy them. Seems they feel the same way about us and use our ideals and actions to justify their atrocities. Fortunately, long ago Christ gave us a simple test to determine who is on the right track. The Golden Rule supports the Western lifestyle, which has made great progress in treating others as we’d like to be treated. But it also condemns our approach to confronting the terrorists. How shortsighted to believe we can blow them all away. Instead, we must find a way past the fear and hatred and develop a solution Christ would condone. A viral video and viral letter inspired by the attacks in France are a great start and we’ll see many more acts of personal courage from many bullet-free fronts before terrorism fades into history.
Lyle Olsen
Eureka