The Christian faith doesn’t require Jesus’ followers to look away from suffering, injustice, and cruelty. I’m compelled to look TOWARD these things. Not only at these things that were caused by those who professed to be Christians, but also at these things that were caused by those who professed NOT to be Christians. ‘Christians’ who did/do these things were/are acting of their own accord. Nowhere in the New Testament are Christians commanded to do these things. Ever.
Unlike the instances in the Old Testament, where the Hebrews are actually commanded by God to carry out genocide and “not to let a soul remain alive”, which they appeared to do enthusiastically. There are other times when the Hebrews took it upon themselves to commit genocide, even against their own.
There’s plenty of killin’ and sufferin’ and cruelty to go around.
