this is worth your attention
As a teen, an older Catholic I looked up to told me I had to be careful:
Because in defending the Palestinians, in caring, in thinking their lives were of value,
I was setting myself against God:
And that was dangerous. To have God against me.
Religious people claiming something is good because that’s what God wants, so of course it’s good.
Your recent writings, Meg, are light on this.
Now I keep saying to myself when I see harm claimed as good: “You will know them by their works.”
I read your piece from 2021. Human rights are the right to have rights. And that right is still being denied to so many people. As true today as when you wrote it. Thank you.
As a teen, an older Catholic I looked up to told me I had to be careful:
Because in defending the Palestinians, in caring, in thinking their lives were of value,
I was setting myself against God:
And that was dangerous. To have God against me.
Religious people claiming something is good because that’s what God wants, so of course it’s good.
Your recent writings, Meg, are light on this.
Now I keep saying to myself when I see harm claimed as good: “You will know them by their works.”
I read your piece from 2021. Human rights are the right to have rights. And that right is still being denied to so many people. As true today as when you wrote it. Thank you.