A
Christian said, "Jesus is the only truth. We should do anything necessary to
make Jesus Christ the Lord and Master of this earth. In order to achieve this,
true Christians need to ensure that the Holy Bible is the only book people live
by."
The
Gadfly said to the Christian, "If the Bible is this important to you, I will
give you a key for reading it. In Auschwitz, in order to conserve their supply
of poison gas, the Nazis grabbed children and threw them alive into the fires of
that death camp. People, who sincerely believed they had the only truth,
hideously murdered those children. It has been said that after Auschwitz, 'No
statement, theological or otherwise, should be made that is not credible in the
presence of burning children.'
Heed this wisdom. Remember those children. When you read your Bible, let the
fire from their burning bodies scorch your eyes that you may see clearly to
read. Let the smell of their ashes sear your heart that you may have
understanding. Then, if you still want to rule the world in the name of Jesus,
perhaps God will have mercy on your soul and allow that desire to go up in
smoke. But if you refuse to hear the voices of those children crying out from
the fires then you shall never hear the voice of God, for they are the same."
Someone said to the Gadfly, "You are offensive! How dare you compare good
Christians to Nazi murderers?"
The
Gadfly replied, "Only those who believe they are absolutely right are capable of
committing the greatest evil."
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