Our national lunacy
The US seems to be descending into a state of insanity. It seems like a lot of people feel like deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car, and are breaking out of their frozen trance with irrational vengeance.
Maureen Dowd captures the moment with these words:
The country is having some weird mass nervous breakdown, with the right fear and disinformation that is amplified by the poisonous echo chamber that is the modern media environment. The dispute over the [NYC] Islamic center has tripped some deep national lunacy. The unbottled anger and suspicion concerning ground zero show that many Americans haven’t flushed the trauma of 9/11 out of their systems — making them easy prey for fearmongers. Many people still have a confused view of Muslims….
I believe a lot of the wrong ideas are being perpetuated in the church and are ultimately undermining Christianity in the eyes of the younger generation who are watching their elders and will later get to see how things turn out. I remember witnessing the same kinds of reactions to JFK when he ran for president when I was an early adolescent. Although I appreciate the people in my church at the time, I no longer share their views on many doctrinal subjects.
Hopefully our country will recover before we turn off the youth completely. We will reap what we sow.
Highlight & right-click this url to read more of Maureen Dowd’s essay, Going mad in herds
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10235/1081951-109.stm#ixzz0xZaAxNNy
Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into vehement opposition
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/22/AR2010082202895.html
How Is Islam Perceived in America Today?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/july-dec10/islam1_08-24.html
Pew Forum survey: Public Remains Conflicted Over Islam
http://pewforum.org/Muslim/Public-Remains-Conflicted-Over-Islam.aspx
