Violence, Humanity, and the Madness of Hate

by

Hossca Harrison

2017

 

Indeed, anyone watching the news this last month is aware of Charlottesville, Virginia’s violent demonstration. This violence is just a sampling of the violence programmed into human nature. But what else has happened in our world in the name of humanity and its madness of hate?

We can look at Jammu and Kashmir, Mali, Sudan, Israel, Palestine, Bangladesh, Syria, and Chicago. I could go on and on filling many human violence pages against humanity, just this last month. 

Is violence of humankind so common in our world we take it for granted? It seems so unless it is perpetrated in our backyard.

The world’s violence is seated in hatred. But where does hate originate? If one wants to understand an issue, they must get to the core of the problem: programming of humanity, the mass conscious socialized teachings of civilization.

Most primary educational institutions, regardless of country or culture, stem from religions and governments. Do religion and government promote hate in these educational institutions? Not all of them, but many do. Where is the American school system heading? One can look at the comments of Betsy DeVos, the new Secretary of Education. “There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education…Our desire is to confront the culture in ways that will continue to advance God’s kingdom.” My question, which God?

If one were to look at the many wars occurring today around our world, you could find the cause to be based on religion and government. According to the United States Government, there are ten official wars, eight active military conflicts involving 64 countries, and 576 militias and separatist groups occurring right now, but this changes daily. That is a whole lot of killing going on. These wars do not include the war going on in the United States between many violent gangs.

Racism is alive and growing around the world, for it never ended. Events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) rally took place, claim to be Christian, yet they teach hatred against African Americans, Latinos, Asians, Catholics, Jews, and gays. One can research their violent theology of murder and torture. Then we have the neo-Nazis who also claim to be Christian, whose theology of hatred has continued from the days of Adolf Hitler. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, these are just two of 917 such hate groups. Most claim to be Christian. 

The United States is not alone; you can search the names of many hate groups throughout Europe and the pro-Russian extremist groups in Central Eastern Europe, also involved in torturing and killing gay men in the name of Christianity.

These radical Christians are not alone in funding hate groups. One can look at radical Muslims who use the Koran to justify killing, torture, and rape in the name of Mohammed, such as ISIS. We also have the violent Jewish radical hate groups who attack Christians and Muslims. The Palestinians also have their hate groups. Indeed, most other religions in the world have some form of hate groups. The three primary religions Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, have one thing in common. They all trace their history to Abraham of the Old Testament. Historians refer to these three religions as the Abrahamic religions. 

As part of Christian teachings, teach Jesus of the Christian Bible is the son of David and Abraham. One can read the books in the Bible, Matthew and Luke, to understand these teachings of Christianity.

Abraham is also the patriarch regarded by the Jews as the Hebrew people’s founder through his son Isaac. Muslims believe the Arab peoples came through Abraham’s son Ishmael. 

If all three religions stem from the same man, Abraham, would they not seek harmony towards a peaceful religion. But instead, these three religions have a long history of murder, torture, and rape. To understand this, one must understand the Old Testament’s historical record, which promotes murder, hatred, slavery, rape, conquering, and destroying other cultures. Read how God commanded genocide in the book of Deuteronomy and 1 Samuel. In the Amalekites case, God ordered all men, women, and children to be murdered, even killing all of their animals.

Jonah has long recommended people search their ancestors to understand what energy of consciousness they may have inherited. The same applies to these three religions. What have the followers of these Abrahamic religions inherited from their ancestors? If you were to research the history of these religions, you would find they have some of the worse atrocities committed in humanity’s history. 

Most of the people in these three religions are very loving, compassionate, and giving people. The majority of them would run to your aid seeking to assist. Most of these people express the love they have learned from their religion, but not all. 

What do the Abrahamic religions teach about hate? Perhaps it would benefit the readers to study this based on their religious heritage. 

Many of you familiar with the Old Testament know it is a male domain. God commanded men to have authority over women, own slaves, and stone those who did not obey God’s laws. God blessed these actions according to the scriptures of the Old Testament. Women had very little authority or free will. Isn’t the same true today in many of these three religions? Aren’t some men attempting to control the free will choice of women? Search these men who seek to control a women’s choice, are they followers of the Abrahamic religions?

Also, search many of these hate groups. How many are men? Indeed, some do allow women to be a part of their hate; it is mostly men.

So what about the issue of hate? You could take three children, one of each religion and color. Allow them to play together and experience some good fun. How bonded would they become, as they age into adulthood? How strong would their relationship remain? So what occurs to a child to develop a hate for someone else? What happens to that child who grows into an adult and joins the KKK, or some other government or religious hate group? What occurred to a child who becomes an adult murdering and raping? One can say they were taught this, but the answer resides much more in-depth.

An adult who is a racist did not merely become a racist.

An adult who is a rapist did not just become a rapist.

An adult who is a murderer did not just become a murderer. 

What happened? How does hate infect a child?

The only way you can teach a child to hate is first; you must teach them to hate themself. Once you teach children to hate themself, the rest is straightforward for them to act out racism, anger, and destruction of the heart.

Is it not for each to search their heart to see what residue of self-hate they may carry? Did they develop this residue in their religion as children, or perhaps they inherited it from their ancestors?

When you teach a child to self-hate, this energy can go on for generations. Are you the one to bring it to an end?