Paris Terror Attacks: Hopeful is not the same as Helpful

Paris Attacks: Hopeful is not the same as Helpful

Are human beings united in death more than in life, in pain more than laughter, in groaning more than ululations, in mourning more than celebrating life. Is mankind eternally  inclined toward evil and destruction?
Does the only thing that seems to make headlines is, hate, Sex, drugs, violence (terrorism), corruption, abortion and death. Indeed evil has entered world proper. It’s the final touch down.  After the terrorist (Axis of evil) have unleashed their theater of violence and indiscriminate cold brutal killings of innocent in the streets of Paris Bataclan theater , the floodgates of blood have just been flung open. I believe France as world power will swiftly and decisively respond with smart bombs and air power until you can hear a pin drop in the deserts of Armageddon. The things we watch in the movies in the comfort of our homes have literally come to haunt us.  

You do not kill in the Name of God. Not unless “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies” { John 8:44}. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God-{John 16:2}. With the rivers of innocent blood in Paris and elsewhere the above two chapters in the Bible are practically here with us.

We of civilized world must know we are fighting an ideological war. We are facing a faceless idiot that is ready to die. Until they strike we don’t know who they are. Their script is the same from Kenya, to New York, Nigeria to Beirut, Egypt to Paris. The only difference is the way the world reacts and offers selective unity among the fallen. Talk of racism even in death.  Talk of blood of the innocence being uniformly red. Before Paris terrorist attacks, the mujaheddin were still killing in Libya, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. The world was silent and instead issued travel advisories to the hotbeds of terror. The super powers of the world and the people entrusted with instruments of power have been negotiating with terrorists on which terrorist to strike and which terrorists to spare. Syria is a good example. Corporations of double standards and greed for the resources. We are therefore paying a big price with our lives. You do not gamble with people souls.   

What is our ideological response? Do we have any? Or we only unleash ‘smart terror’ on the terrorists?  Let us be honest, the world was relatively peaceful before invasion of Iraq. It was relatively peaceful before invasion of Afghanistan. It was even more relatively peaceful before the so called Arab revolution (Spring) that the western world so aided. We clapped when dictators fell and smoked from spider holes in the thick of deserts heat. We said we are exporting democracy but instead we invited demons from hell.  All of these countries were ‘functional’ under the brutal force of fearless dictators. Some cultures and religions must be left that way for the greater peace of the rest of the world.

My condolences and prayers to the families of the loved ones who have been killed and continue to be killed by the evil terrorists globally.  To the wounded speedy recovery and may your heroic stories inspire us to love one another. 

By NJoroge wa Ngige- 111615-0336