thoughts

My mil and I were talking about violence in our society and I remembered watching this video last semester in sociology. This is only a short clip but it is eye opening. If you ever have a chance to get ahold of it and watch it, I highly recommend it. The Dalai Lama is bringing out a new book soon entitled War is Old Fashioned. ( or something close to it. )I would like to read it, to me war is the epitome of violence and then is the utmost in glorifying it. I guess you can tell by this entry I don’t believe in the war in iraq. I’m sure that this will cause me some flack but that is ok, I can handle it. To me violence is violence and I’m not sure that just because some one feels as if they have a reason if that is good enough to glorify it. Personally, I wonder if we have made any changes in the people over there? Are the women and girls treated better? Or once we leave will things go back to the way they were? Will they ever truly be democratic in their politics? Or is this all for show? I don’t know the answers to these things, but my heart says that this is part of the Lord’s plan of the beginning of the end of time. Which brings us that much closer to meeting our savior.