history repeating and bla bla bla

we say we need to know our history. its important to know where we came from. what things from the past affect the way we are today. that we can learn from the mistakes of the past. but do we.

mistakes like… genocide. war. recession?



The holocaust happened
we said never again

then

Rwanda happened
we said never again

then Darfur
happened

china
Russia

we got greed in our bones and running through our blood.

we took more than we can make

we spent more then we could earn

the list goes on, so do we learn? do things change?

or do we indeed repeat.

why don’t things change?

why does it take so long for us to recognize that we are repeating history.

why are we so dense we don’t see that when people are killing masses of innocent people. WE NEED TO HELP.

do we look at the world as a place we share. that we live as neighbors. or do we live as individualistic countries. that should survive on our own.

but…
if we do decide to interfere in other countries do we choose violence? what does that look like? as Christians what does that look like? how DO we intervene. how do we intervene if we are part of the reason the disaster happens?

watching v for vendetta it explodes with “world view”

“would you really want to know” V says when asked for the truth.

I think its true would we really want to know? because when we know truth about why horrific things happen, usually we see a finger pointing right back at us.
“if your looking for the guilty, you need to only look into the mirror”

history. has lessons to teach us.

about ignorance.

about looking inwardly to see, how are we part of the problem.

challenge ourselves to think. what would we really do in those situations.

what would we stand for when push comes to shove.

like Evey experiences in V for Vendetta- when V keeps her imprisoned and let her live in a pretend reality . that she was captive. that she was going to die. it tested her. to what she would really do. what she feared most she had to face. and it pushed her to act in extreme conditions. it made her realize, what she used to refuse to face, what she pretended not to see, was the what she truly believed.

so what do we believe. how are we going to take action. what are the good things from history. and what are the things that will burn into our memories- if only to remind us- what we are truly capable of.

bad and good.