No Justice, No Peace
March 13, 2016
Last week David discussed the dangers of dualistic thinking in Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s book, Not in God’s Name. This involves the idea that there are people of a “true faith,” and that they, therefore, have the right to reject, demonize and destroy those who are not members of that “true faith.” The Jews were called by God to be light to the world, to welcome the stranger, to show the world what love of neighbor and justice could be. My sharing about my trip to Israel-Palestine today is a perfect example of how Israel, its government and many of its people are carefully, purposefully and strategically demonizing and destroying the Palestinian people with the excuse that God gave the Jews the land. That is not Jesus’ path.