Saturday, 12 February 2011
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Harmony Amid Chaos: Another Brand of Brotherhood in Egypt
As the world gazes upon and analyzes the uncertainty in Egypt, much focus has been given to the radical "Muslim Brotherhood" group. Well, there's another Egyptian brotherhood that's caught my eyes recently.Last week I was touched by a picture posted here on Revelife in which a group of Egyptian Christians surrounded their Muslim countrymen so that they could safely worship/pray amid the chaos in the area. And I was just as moved several days later by other images showing Egyptian Muslims returning the favor, joining with and protecting their Christian countrymen in worship. So indescribably beautiful.
I once read about a similar situation somewhere else in the Middle East. I want to say it was in Iraq, but I'm not entirely positive. In the midst of Christianity vs. Islam, Christians and Muslims cohabited a city together with no suicide-bombers, no gunshots in the street, no egg'd porches or TP'd lawns -- no conflict whatsoever. Further, the Muslims and Christians in this town would immediately stand up and defend the other whenever outsiders came in to try and disrupt the peaceful community they'd built.
Why don't we hear about these kinds of stories more? It's always bombs here, battles there, and it's all just so disheartening.I can't stand conflict. Drives me nuts. Especially conflict between Christians, or caused by so-called "Christians" against non-Christians, who don't at all extend the love that Jesus taught and exuded. I hate divorce, despise constant arguments that go nowhere. Why can't we all just get along on this earth? Why can't we all follow this beautiful example of Egyptian brotherhood, arms across shoulders, crosses and Korans within inches of each other with no fists flying?
Lord haste the day when we know nothing but peace for all eternity.
Do you know of any other situations, global or personal, in which different people or opposing people groups came together in peace? Will we ever see this Egyptian example of harmony on a larger scale on this earth? What does showing God's love mean to you?
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the problem is that our ability to connect to more people has out-evolved our ability to process those connections in a meaningful way. there's a reason why, even after thousands of years of civilization developing into million-people cities and a worldwide web, the optimal group size (according to the theory of Dunbar's number) is only about 150. sure, i can care about some guy on the other side of the world... maybe even enough to send money now and then. but they'll never beat out the guy living down the street that i see walking his dog every day. we're conditioned to care more about our immediate connections.