The Return of God
A Church in the US state of Florida plans to burn copies of the Holy Quran on the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The church’s pastor, Terry Jones, claims he “hates” Islam and will “burn Quran” for the “Love of God”.
In Iran a woman is facing death sentence for alleged “consensual” adultery. Iranian judges say the verdict is God’s command: God will be pleased with Sakina’s death, they claim.
The Vatican has remained silent in regards to Quran’s burning controversy. However, it has called on Iran not to hang the alleged adulterer woman. A French government facing immigration, pension and social scandals is willing to send its foreign minister to Tehran to request clemency for her.
As floods rage catastrophes across Pakistan, suicide attackers blew up mosques, shrines and police stations to “please the God”. Won’t God be pleased if the suicide attackers at least postpones their attacks and instead give hands to desperate flood-affected people?
God has returned into our lives/minds and forces us to sacrifice each other for His satisfaction, or so is the perception among some people.
Some would argue God never left our lives/minds, at least in strongly religious societies such as Afghanistan. It might be true but God was said to have given His place to human rationality in the 21st century. Perhaps, the politics of God have resurfaced.
A Church in the US state of Florida plans to burn copies of the Holy Quran on the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The church’s pastor, Terry Jones, claims he “hates” Islam and will “burn Quran” for the “Love of God”.
In Iran a woman is facing death sentence for alleged “consensual” adultery. Iranian judges say the verdict is God’s command: God will be pleased with Sakina’s death, they claim.
The Vatican has remained silent in regards to Quran’s burning controversy. However, it has called on Iran not to hang the alleged adulterer woman. A French government facing immigration, pension and social scandals is willing to send its foreign minister to Tehran to request clemency for her.
As floods rage catastrophes across Pakistan, suicide attackers blew up mosques, shrines and police stations to “please the God”. Won’t God be pleased if the suicide attackers at least postpones their attacks and instead give hands to desperate flood-affected people?
God has returned into our lives/minds and forces us to sacrifice each other for His satisfaction, or so is the perception among some people.
Some would argue God never left our lives/minds, at least in strongly religious societies such as Afghanistan. It might be true but God was said to have given His place to human rationality in the 21st century. Perhaps, the politics of God have resurfaced.
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