Christianity: Religion of US?

Is Christianity, the religion of the US? The Taliban supposedly stated that because those 23 volunteers from Korea are Christians, they support America, and therefore are being detained.

Even though it is hard to believe, religion, race, culture, skin color and other still make a difference in how people react in the twenty-first century.  Even though I would like to believe that we are no longer racist and hatred towards each other, it is true that we see these kinds of things every day.

Living in Korea and seeing the recent articles and news clips on Korean channels got me thinking about these matters.  As many of us already know, 23 Korean volunteers were captured in Afghanistan several days ago and recently the leader of the volunteers was killed by the Taliban.  This morning, Koreans were shocked with the news that another male Korean captive was killed after only hours stating that further talk will take place in 2 days.  It is yet to be confirmed that the killed Korean man is who Korean media says it is, but it is most likely that another family will go through heartache.

At this point, there are many different opinions and a thought surrounding what is happening in Afghanistan.  There are many people praying and sharing the sorrow of the families who have their loved ones in Afghanistan, there are many who are criticizing those captured in Afghanistan and saying that they shouldn’t have gone when the government informed them it was too dangerous.  I think it is too late for those thoughts at this time.  I don’t fully understand what those 23 volunteers were thinking when they got on that plane for Afghanistan.  But I know one thing, whether they should’ve listened to the government or not, those 23 innocent people went to Afghanistan to share the love, not hatred nor blame.  I hope that the lives of those two victims and the remaining peoples’ struggles will not be forgotten.  Everyone, I mean, everyone, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and others regardless of their religion, race, skin color, wealth status, has to remember that the act of love should not be repaid by hatred and sorrow.    

July 31, 2007. Politics, Religion.