Sympathy Is No Substitute for Action
I got this motto from NYC's Redeemer Pres. In the previous post, I've stated that we should pray for Abdul b/c he's in prison and will likely be put to death. This, of course, is the typical Christian response which is good b/c prayer is always good for us. However, do we not have to obligation to act as well?For example, if you see your neighbor being beaten by strangers, do you just pray or do you call the police and go out and defend him? Here we have a case of human rights violation and what we can do is to email our Congressmen, Senators, and the President and tell our friends to do the same. As a result, instead of having sympathy and pray, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Abdul did, he left the US and went back to Afgn, went out and told everyone including the police that he's a Christian and now he's in prison, what are you going to do about it?
posted by Mercy Now @ 12:11 PM
4 Comments:
Your last paragraph about the Afghan constitution "which calls for religious freedom while stating that Muslims who reject Islam can be executed" is like us saying that we want democracy for every country but only a democracy that's favorable to us, e.g. the Palestenians elected Hamas and we told them we don't recognize them unless they meet our conditions.
So what if the Iraqis vote for the Shiite party and an Islamic state? Would we then recognize that democracy or not? Personally, I think there's a good probability that Iraq will eventually split into two states just like India and Pakistan.
BTW, I'm not for Hamas or anything, I'm just arguing with logic here.
Thank you for your post on my blog...and for your concern for this subject.
Sympathy is a good start, but compassion takes it to the next stage: action. I heard a priest say once that compassion makes another man's pain one's own.
Good post.
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