This analogy between the idea of God and a preemptive strike, just clarified things for me - for a split second. Some people are afraid of their God. Some people are afraid of countries or people who can - theoretically - harm them. These people tend to be the same. But there's no direct evidence - it's all faith. And so it makes a lot of sense to me that people who have a lot of religion in their lives can also be the ones who believe in this threat.
I've been trying to find a good analogy for how language works around here and I think I'm onto one. When someone speaks a 2nd language (learned in adulthood), they put on a form-fitting mask that covers their native tongue with different words and syntax. But they still think the same way, which can be a radically different manner from culture to culture. So my Portuguese mask which is pretty bare-boned, and their Portuguese masks are fitting over two different faces. While we may say the same words in the same order, our ways of thinking have not totally changed and there's still a language barrier. It's not until I've really delved into Changana and other cultural aspects that I'll have a bettr understanding of the Portuguese. Sure, I may be able to understand and speak it, but why do people say certain things at certain moments?
Peace
John
