En underlig verden

 

Jeg våkner til en verden der kvinnesak her til lands er kvinnens rett til å drepe sine barn. Noen få, med utenlandsk bakgrunn, setter fokus på jenters rett til utdanning, til stemmerett, til valgfrihet i ekteskap, til frihet til å si hva de tenker, til trosfrihet... men de får ikke mye støtte av medsøstre.

 

Jeg våkner til en verden der en mann er ikke lenger en mann, nødvendigvis, og en kvinne ikke heller en kvinne. Det foregår en holdningskampanje som vil skape usikkerhet om kjønn. 

Om en sier at dette høres jo unaturlig ut, er det uttrykk for hat.

Om en annen skriver om deg, eller til deg, i offentlige media og skjeller deg huden full med en ordlyd som viser forakt, avsky, ondsinnethet og med trusler på liv og velferd, så er det ingen reaksjon på det.

Jeg har også registrert at dette gjelder stort sett i sammenhenger der det er snakk om alternativ sex.

Om en sier noe om at dette er som et angrep på familien som menneskelig kjerne-enhet,

at vi som primater formerer oss via en kvinne og en mann, og at barn trenger mange år i dette fellesskapet for å vokse opp, får en stempel som ‘homofob’, utdatert, - mao. feil, og i tillegg blir man en som hater. 

 

En kan si sin mening om strømpriser, uten at det er hatefulle ytringer. En kan være for eller imot involvering i EU, uten at det kalles hatefulle ytringer. 

 

Stort sett er det stor konformitet i meningsfellesskapet i Norge. Ensretting er allment godtatt. Nå har det i tillegg kommet et militant ‘du får ikke lov til å mene noe annet’ krav til konformitet. Og det ser ut til at utrolig mange er helt enige i det.

 

Som sagt, jeg våkner til en underlig verden.

 

SAD

 Ukraine bleeds. I sit here in relative safety and I carry people in Ukraine in my prayers. I struggle to understand, and give up. I had such hopes that people in the West and East could have more contact, more openness towards each other. I was thinking we in the West were too stuck in our cold war mentality, and I was hoping for a more normalised interaction with Russians and other former East-block countries.  Now that opportunity is lost, unless the common Russian causes things to change, over time. Putin will go down in history, not for the progress he has allowed in Russia, but as a thug, a mean, simple thug. 

I see headlines and articles trying to analyse the current events, but soon into the article I notice name calling, stereotyping, reference to other evil historical figures. That does not help much. Putin is Russian, of sorts. And he is a modern day thug. What do we know about Russia, the people groups, the sentiment in people? At a quick glance of history I can se a population used to strong leaders, used to despots and thugs. I wonder if the people within the Russian border will find strength to seek a better way than submitting to tyranny. Putin will go down in history for this war on Ukraina, for causing all the suffering war brings, for creating fear and instability, for creating another ice front to the rest of the civilised world. Russians, as seen from my perspective, are cultured, intellectual people with much to give and share with the rest of us in music, dance, art and architecture, and many other performing arts. But their leadership, with Putin at the helm, is tyrannical. Thugs. 

What will the reaction to this be, from ordinary people to responsible leaders of nations? I am no politician, and in times like this, I am thankful that I am not one to make the calls. It never hurts to pray,  though, so I pray for the ones who are in the position to respond to this aggression. Jesus said: pray for your enemies, pray for those who persecute you. Yes, I admit that I had to say a prayer for Putin, too, although my heart was like Jonah, the prophet. He did not want God to show mercy on Nineveh, for the evil in the city was so great. In the end, he did preach, and they repented and turned to God. I guess I should pray for the thug and his helpers in Kremlin. 

I think many react like I do: with deep sadness, bewilderment, grappling to understand but cannot, wanting to help, turning to God, and sifting through information and dis-information, facts and propaganda, for, as someone rightfully said: the first to die in a conflict is truth.