2012 wrote:This tragedy at the Westgate made me wonder and maybe if there's a religious scholar here he/she could clarify.
Now should we thank God that we were nowhere near Westgate? I ask this because I know the people who passed were probably not at the wrong place. Did God save the rest of us or we were just lucky not to have been there?
I was just beginning a study of 'the evil that men do' when westgate happened. And trying to comprehend the human mind led me to frightening paths.
For example, should one consider himself lucky because a child had died in his stead? To every action there's an opposite and equal reaction. After all, isn't there a hint of guilt in such celebrations? How can such rationality be justified?
It's then that one realizes that all this celebration is in fact, 'devil worship'. If there's anything to celebrate about then it's victory over death, and living under the 'mandate of heaven' as Confucius, or Christ put it.
Then there's only pure being. No thanking or demanding. Only giving with a cheerful heart.