Not every person will read a religious writing and come away with the same interpretation or meaning because we all have our own perspectives. And some will do what they can to distort the truth to serve their own agenda. Most will see and hear and understand that it is about love. And the few that don't will justify killing through their own perspective.
Who or what actions are right or wrong is also a personal perspective based on time and location. Many things that were considered wrong many years ago, are considered right for some today. What is considered wrong in some parts of the world is perfectly alright in others. This dichotomy exists even today, all over the world. Time and location are the main influences of right and wrong around the world. Always has been, always will be.
A wonderful, deeper explanation of this can be find in Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch. There are three volumes and I do not recall which one contains it, however, I highly recommend you read or better yet, listen to them all for a potentially new perspective on all this and more.
Like many other things, we tend to lay the blame elsewhere, like religion, when the truth is we are still responsible for our words, thoughts and actions. Using religion as an excuse is simply an attempt to escape personal responsibility, similar to "the devil made me do it."
Having said that, people will use anything to justify their actions both good or bad. Keep in mind, that what we think or believe to be right or wrong or good or bad is once again based upon time and location. Sure, we have other influencers (upbringing, beliefs, religion, etc) but none more powerful than time and location.
I truly don't believe there are too many people out there who do not believe that love is a wonderful thing, however, how it is expressed is as different as the people who show it. It may be hard for many of you to believe but even terrorists have somebody they love, many have families they love deeply and yet they are able to commit horrific acts of violence because of some of what they believe. Perhaps they believe they are doing this for their families, to protect them and they feel that the only way is to rid the world of the infidels.
It can be a challenge to balance that against the love they feel for their friends and families.
And so back to time and location. Location wise, these terrorists live n a place where their activities are condoned by some. They also live in a time where this is true as well. Back in the day, we burned witches at the stake because during that time, it was perfectly acceptable in that location.
Even today many people still discriminate against gender, the elderly, the LBGT community, other nationalities, race, religion, etc. All once again based upon time and location.
Truly the only way to combat any of this is to do the best we can to get rid of the ignorance that causes intolerant and unacceptable behavior and replace it with knowledge, which lads to understanding and creates the space for love, peace and harmony to dwell. And we do this by being ready, willing and able to engage with people who are different from us and experience and learn from one another.
May you be blessed always and in all ways!
Harry Shade
www.harryshade.com
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