Students of the Bible are familiar with the tale of Cain and Abel.
Cain and Abel are the sons of the first human beings, Adam and Eve. Cain kills his brother. When G-d confronts Cain, Cain asks the following: “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Two incidents of violence happened yesterday, causing the unnecessary death of innocent people and the heartache that goes with innocent people being killed.
The first, happened in Oregon. Nine people were killed. The second, predictably and sadly, happened in Israel. A couple was killed in front of their children. The youngest is an infant, the oldest has barely reached double digits in age.
When will this madness stop? When we stop killing each other religion or nationality or family origin? Why waste all of that time and energy on hating someone? It takes more energy to hate and to plan destruction and murder than it does to let someone live.
Are we not our brother’s and sister’s keeper? Cain was punished for killing his brother.
The world would be a better place if we just let each other live in peace. We don’t have to agree on everything, but that does not mean that they are less of a human being because they think differently or believe differently than we do.
We are our brother’s and sister’s keeper. We were put on this earth to look out for and protect each other, not kill and destroy.
Happy Friday.
