Bitter honesty - The truth you need...but sometimes it doesn't taste so good.
A couple weeks ago, a child came out to his family and was found decapitated by his parents. Primitive…disgusting…hateful…words that come to mind. Things like this happen all the time across this planet. People are still being stoned to death, mutilated and mistreated for being different. Innocent people are killed for being who they are. What do we tell our children? Our brothers? Our sisters? We don’t. Children aren’t aware of the world we live in more often then not. They are blind to the hatred that they will soon inherit. We turn their heads. We cover their eyes. Why? Why would we let our youth grow sheltered? They will soon step out of their houses and experience the world and the shock will be blinding. Why would we want this? I believe the children should know the truth about this world.
Let the children hear truth. Let them know that though this world is full of beauty…it is also full of things that cannot be kissed away. This world is also angry and violent. Don’t let this world become a shock to the youth. It’s unfair to them. What do you believe? What would you tell your child?
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Jahmal
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Things like that murder are often done by people that believe in a fundamentalist religion. They think that God rules life absolutely and must be obeyed without any human consideration. It's like Abraham was going to kill his son but his God stopped him.
ReplyDeleteThis person's God did not stop the murder. I don't think such a god is worthy of any respect. Now the family has the impossible burden of realizing that they killed their own son that they raised and loved. That will torture them forever.