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I
can't remember them all by name as I write this, but it was quite a
long list. Some they mentioned had stuck to my mind, and I arranged them
randomly: Cleopatra, Wolf Messing, Saud bin Abdul Aziz, Napoleon, Nero, Jeanne d'Arc, Ben Gurion, Hitler, Gandhi, Buddha, Ben Laden, Churchill, Ataturk, Socrates, Mandela, Saladin, Mother Teresa, Djamila Bouhired, Attila the Hun, Yassar Arafat, Simon Bolivar, Mao, Samora Machel, etc., etc.
The
makers of this TV program, in order not to step on any sensitive religious
toes, however, left out most of the key "religious figures", who have
profoundly impacted history and are even doing so today.
Among those left out, I really only have one favorite - Jesus Christ, whose birthday we are celebrating every year on this day..
He
is my hero for several reason. First because I don't consider him
"religious" in the sense how we humans qualify religion as such .
Jesus is unique in the sense that his message was only about love -" love your neighbor as yourself" and he never encouraged violence or revenge. Even when he was nailed to the cross by the Romans and Jews he cried out: "God forgive them because they don't know what they are doing". A message of love which still resonates all around the world.
Jesus is unique in the sense that his message was only about love -" love your neighbor as yourself" and he never encouraged violence or revenge. Even when he was nailed to the cross by the Romans and Jews he cried out: "God forgive them because they don't know what they are doing". A message of love which still resonates all around the world.
Yes indeed, among all these people listed , or not, during that TV presentation, Jesus Christ is on the top of my list.
Merry Christmas and may Peace on Earth become a reality and part of daily life around the globe - also for you in 2016.
