Sunday, October 11, 2015
"I was once the enemy."
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was once the enemy - plus update on the energy, prayer event - Today: "I was once the enemy." Plus an update about the Energy / Prayer / Meditation Event
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| Now, "I was once the enemy." I know that it can get very frustrating when we try to reach someone with a few elementary facts about Islam, and they respond with hostility, name-calling, even cutting us out of their lives. But my sister has just - once again - reminded me that I, Elsa, was once the enemy, that I once considered her a nutcase, a right wing bigot (or something along those lines). She vividly remembers my not listening whatsoever, when she told me she supported Joerg Haider, the Austrian politician who stood for "Austria for Austrians." (He died in 2008, so the arguments must have occurred before that, maybe long before that.) I had forgotten all about those arguments. Now I'm the one with more knowledge about Islam, the one who does more to make known the dangers of Islam. But thinking back, paying attention to faint old memories, I do remember her insistent vehemence - and mine, in response to hers. Where was my nice sister? What was going on with her? I was indignant, outraged, horrified. Over and over, I cut off - as she has reminded me over and over. I've just looked up Haider: according to Google, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, Nazi sympathizer. I'm not surprised I responded with outrage. My sister and I were - and are - 100% against anti-Semitism, 100% anti-Nazi, and the children of immigrants. Anyway, I can't remember when we argued re Haider. My wake-up started in 2006, but it wasn't instant. It took years of getting ever more knowledge about Islam. In bits and pieces, my unawareness diminished, my awareness grew. I don't know when I came to agree with my sister, Austria for Austrians - or anyway, for the continuance of Austrian culture, and the safety of the indigenous population of Austria. I would always have agreed with: "Safe-guarding human rights is vital." To the best of my (imperfect) memory, my sister did not explain: that the incomers did not fit into Austrian society, but were instead endangering human rights and safety with the Islamic ideology they were bringing with them. Another comment - not related: I believe one has no obligation to share one's space. We can choose to give foreign aid, but, for instance, I hold that Western countries do not need to take in people from a group or country with a high birth rate. Let those people manage their populations where they are - especially if they come with a hostile ideology, out to destroy our society, our rights and freedoms. But in general, one may choose to keep out such people, who will likely increase a country's population, especially over generations. With all our teeming billions, a low birth rate is something incredibly healthy. Back to: "I was once the enemy." One thing I see: people are reached, one at a time. Another thing: we need to know HOW best to reach people. My sister had knowledge. She could not reach me. Clash. No change on either side. What reached me? For me it was the Danish cartoons - it did not make sense, the huge Islamic response contrasting sharply with Islamic silence at the murder of Muslims in the name of Islam (10,000 murdered in one year, in just one city, Baghdad). That was my turning point. Could anyone or anything have reached me earlier? I don't know. I remember that I responded with shock and horror at the comment that having a mosque in an area lowered home values. How could that be? There were churches all over the city, and also a scattering of synagogues. That did nothing to home values. Could someone have sat me down and reached me? I don't know. What I do know is that it's important - for me, anyway - to see the politically correct as people who can be reached, can be woken up, just needing the right "medicine". I remember a movie, Awakenings, about people who had been in a catatonic state for over 20 years, and are awakened through a new drug treatment. In the movie, the awakening is temporary. My experience of people waking up to the threat of Islam is that the change tends to be permanent, but that the awakening is slow and partial, happening in bits. There is so much to be learned, so much that goes against what is considered non-racist, non-biased, tolerant. All the best to all of us who care and dare, to life and to love, Elsa PS. Here is the replay of the first energy / prayer / mediation event. You have 2 replays to choose from: http://elsasemporium.com/save- PPS. Was Angela Merkel merely showing poor judgment in declaring German borders wide open? Or is she for the destruction of German culture, of any autonomy for German citizens? My take: I cannot believe anyone could be so stupid that they could not do the simple (age 6) arithmetic of what would happen, in terms of numbers of incomers, when the borders were declared wide open. The logical conclusion: she is against German culture, the autonomy of German citizens. I believe that, in that case, she qualifies for the adjective: evil. If you have evidence that indicates anything else, please let me know. Comments welcome. elsa@worldtruthsummit.com World Truth Summit - Updates ================================================== | ||||||||
