A peaceful world is possible

I highly recommend this December 24th article by Stephen Scharper in The Toronto Star:

CHRISTMAS INVITES US TO MAKE PEACE ON EARTH A REALITY

Here is a quote from the article:

As cultural theorist Edward Said (1935-2003), author of the acclaimed work Orientalism (1979), suggests, taking away the ability to imagine what is possible is a form of tyranny, a tyranny of the imagination.

Jesus of Nazareth interestingly also faced a tyranny of the imagination. Born in first century Palestine, a land under the bloody heel of Roman occupation, he imagined a community where lepers, beggars, prostitutes, tax collectors and Roman centurions could all share in the fruits of creation. Amid mass political crucifixions and deep religious taboos, he bespoke a kingdom based not on armies and military superpower crackdowns, but on love, kindness, truth and justice. He confronted the political and cultural tyrants of his own time and courageously declared that a peaceful world is possible.

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http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/911275--christmas-invites-us-to-make-peace-o?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d15d2fae27e81d6,0