Violent Temptation

The cover story of The Mennonite Magazine on February 20, 2007, talked about the temptation of violence. The article was good and concluded with the following thought:

. . . we will not, under any circumstances, be grateful for the sacrifices of those who, blinded and deceived by the myth of justified violence, kill and die “for us.” Instead we will mourn as senseless and immeasurably tragic their unnecessary deaths and the unnecessary deaths of all they have killed. If and when we are granted short periods of peace and freedom amid the darkness of this age, it is God alone we will praise and thank.Some of us gave up on the gods of Babylon 2,000 years ago. Our eyes have been opened, the brainwashing of this evil age no longer works with us. And for those who continue as before, we feel only sorrow and compassion.

I don't know what else to say except that this is something to think about.