You agree when some people hear the phrase about the Bible (Christian Scriptures) that: "The Bible is a book full of violence?” Perhaps this assumption is true or probably false. Violence is figured openly in the Bible, also foreshadowed the violent backdrop of history and biblical interpretation. Even today it still coloring or violence experienced by the faithful when they wanted to preach or to apply the contents of the Bible is the reality of life every day. In other words violence befall believers whether traditional or evangelical church when applying the contents of the Bible. This is a piece of experience and history of the Christian community experienced when applying the Bible. Why is that?
The question is "How do we account for the sacred texts in the Bible we are in fact many are written with red ink." The point is that violence and other violent incidents color the human life history revealed in the Bible and biblical history coloring violence itself. What is meant by "violence" that? Violence is a phenomenon that has many characteristics, there is physical violence, natural, social, gender, structural, political / policy and so forth. Where violence has created a painful fact of life, worrying and sad. These phenomena were studied and studied until now, but the violence was still accompany us every day life from the perspective of our faith experience every day.
Violence is a phenomenon that can be studied and researched, but violence also as the eternal mystery that until now could not be measured or contemplated. Human beings also are people who associate ourselves with negativity, that any face shape, temperament and character, always trying to go beyond it. Therefore, as human beings endowed with reason and common sense have to break the roots of violence itself. There is something very dangerous thing in man is man who often have views and perceptions that his neighbor is an enemy or a stranger who must be eliminated or destroyed.
Views or perceptions it holds a variety of human characters, so many efforts and attempts were made or mobilized to eradicate or destroy another human being. There is also another character from men who regard the other as a threat to humans, who consider each other to cause panic and fear, it must be exterminated or destroyed. But violence also can occur due to social factors. These social factors can lead to violence, where the condition of the people who make other people isolated, loss of meaning in life, alienated from her community and economically marginalized. The way that social factors are always taken for this is the solution to violence. Moreover, will continue to occur if the umbrella or protected by a 'community' such as, among others: religion, religious denominations, parties, organizations of civil society, mass and so forth.
It can’t be denied that the Christian community who preach holy verses in the Bible, often faced with many obstacles, challenges and obstacles that threaten not only themselves but also the sacrifice of lives. Some argue or assume that a Christian community is a threat and as an enemy that must be eradicated or destroyed. This is a view and opinion which of course is not true, this is because the Christian community until recently undergone and do fill the Word of God as the Lord Jesus commanded that is a matter of love for each other.
Christian communities that do not run the command the Lord Jesus to love others is not a true Christian. Never again add red ink in the journey of life experiences and that faith, but make gold ink as a testimony for many people.
End of this writing, once again I want to assert that
"Christians are not a threat to other communities and make ink GOLD in life experience and your faith journey because it means to love our neighbor we love ourselves."
God Bless.
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