obsession

obsession:  radical islam's war against the west (or something like that) arrived in front of my front door in the middle of a newspaper.  it was a dvd one hour preview of a longer film.  i procrastinated and postponed watching it and had a bit of scorn for it.  even after seeing it, i have a strange feeling about a movie that is given away free in a newspaper.  why?  is it propaganda?  was it a kind of advertising for a web site and political movement?  is it a request for dollars and attention?  or is it a real documentary?  it is a little of all of these.  it definitely has a point of view that demands attention.  if there are extremists, terrorists, in this war on terror (or terrorists' war on the west) who hate america so much they would blow up north america if they could, then we are engaged in a war over beliefs.  we need to create a world where children don't grow up worshipping a god who demands human sacrifices in the form of suicide bombers.  is this god the same God worshipped by Christians?  yes, there have been crusades.  people have died, people have been tortured in the name of Christianity, in history.  but are we to increase fear, increase war?  would increased fear and increased war bring the war on terror to a successful conclusion?  or are the Quakers correct, in being peace-mongers?  Jesus said "blessed are the peace makers."  world peace begins within.  it starts in the heart.  all of reality starts in the heart.  as above, so below.  as within, so without.  it's possible if you believe it's possible.  world peace.  it's not the result of machinery or analysis.  communicating from the heart is a start.