Here is an interesting read about food.
While I realize that many people (including myself) remain ignorant or naive as to the effects of our own actions on people thousands of miles away, in different countries, I still don't think that can be offered as a good enough excuse. You can blame the government. You can blame those evil people running corporations that are fueled by their need of money.
It's very easy to blame....and to point fingers at all those 'others'.
What I don't understand is the people who claim our country as a christian one. Putting an entire nation under the umbrella of Christianity is a dangerous and stupid (that's right, no eloquent words, it is what it is. Stupid. ) assumption.
I want to know what they think the word 'Christian' means.
Because I am pretty sure I recall some guy named Jesus quoted as saying 'love your neighbor'
And I am also pretty sure that the actions ( a very vast majority of them) of our nation don't quite fall into that catagory most of the time.
You can also claim we (commoners) aren't the direct ones causing these things to happen. You may not have malicious feelings toward others who are starving and dying in poverty in other countries. But can I just say something uncomfortable?
We are all guilty.
Have we never stopped to wonder where our greed and comfort came from? Have we never stopped to wonder at the price of it all?
Do we care about others enough to say something on their behalf? and do we love them enough to change?
Do we love our neighbors as ourselves?
Because right now I'm looking pretty well fed and clothed.....
and I have some neighbors around the world who can't claim any of that for themselves.
But I haven't said much of anything.
And I have changed the way I live very little.
