Oh please, I am not whitewashing or demeaning any historical events. History does a wonderful job of doing that itself. It doesn’t need our help. History is written by the victors. Look at what happens when a minority, a vanquished , a conquered, an unjustly accused, a scapegoat, tries to write history.
It is not egotistical to think we are and should be building better societies then those who lived before us, to learn from their mistakes, to maximise and work on what worked in those societies.
Disrespecting the saints is a ridiculous accusation. Because many saints attempted to deal with violence by peace. Peaceful action. Look at the murder of Saint Oscar Romero. He was saying Mass, he knew the dangers. He did not have a gun at his hip, ready to whip it out and shoot at threats. And He was a very outspoken person against the horror being committed in El Salvador. He told the soldiers to stop killing. That great and courageous saint knew he was a target.
Look at the early christian martyrs. All saints, murdered for refusing to worship false gods starting with the Emperors.
btw I did not say we have evolved into better societies, because we haven’t. I said we SHOULD have a better Construct for society. So please don’t deconstruct my words into something more convenient to claim as egotistical
