Gift of Radicals: Silencing the Woman by Chelle Stockman

{Originally when I wrote this, the news had reported the story was about a teacher and one of her sons.  Three days later they ammended the story to say the sons and daughters  and in American news these sons and daughters were called her students. I left the journal entry as it was in error, yet, not one person took the time to either email me or correct me.  I conclude that few actually read what I wrote and that of those who did view me, they were not persuaded to care by the story that I found horrific.}

 

The acts of the radicals in Sudan who are calling for the death of a teacher who allowed her child to name his Teddy Bear, Muhammed (Mohammed), has me bewildered and angered, not only at their extremist mentality, but also at their utter and abject stupidity.  They blindly follow as they are ordered by other men in clerics' robes and are all too easily incited to commit attrocities in the name of God.  They are no different than the Jews back in the days of Jesus. 

So a little boy wanted to name his Teddy Bear Muhammed.  Obviously the boy thought Muhammed was someone important enough, someone safe and someone he could trust, someone he might want to hug in his bed at night to stave off creatures of his child's imagination.  To a child, these things are important and in his child-like way, he is bringing honor to Muhammed. However, the radicals seeking to punish his mother for allowing him to name his furry companion the name of a prophet reveals their utter foolishness and complete lack of humanity, all the things God created.  I'll tell you what these radicals have succeeded in doing and that is, they stole away this child's trust in Muhammed.  I ask these radicals a few necessary questions. How many of you men have insisted that your son be named after the prophet?  How many of your children have lived up to your idea of what this prophet stood for?  How many of your children who bore the name of this prophet have disappointed you?  I say to you this.  If you believe this mother should in anyway be punished for allowing her son to name his security companion after this prophet then logically you should also seek to give equal punishment to all those fathers who insisted their sons bear this prophet's name and also punish all those who bear this name but fail to live up to those heavenly standards. But you aren't fair, nor are you logical.

Now, I am going to say one other thing that irks me to no end and that is that your women never appear in public at your protests.  Your angered faces appear world wide on television screens and none of your women have their own voice.  Let those women escape and they tell a different story and are far more compassionate toward their fellow human beings that your own leaders are; and what do you angered easily led pirates of truth and life do? You order a death upon them wherever they may be found.  You ungrateful sons of muzzled women.  You came through their wombs and yet you deprive them their own voice.  I am ashamed of you.  I am filled with disrespect toward you. You are a sickening example of what God's message to this world is.  You bring dishonor to God's creation and to God's image.

Repent.  Change your hearts.  Be transformed and restore your women to the honorable place they deserve- along side of you. You have a heart.  You have your own ears.  You have your own mind. Are you so deaf and stoney that you require men in men in robes posing as your lords to dictate to you what God wants of you? Are you so distrusting of God that you fear entering a personal relationship with Him? Shame!

If you continue to follow these lords of the cleric, you shall earn their perdition and all because you gave up your own right to have a personal relationship with our creator.  I'll mourn for you, because I know deep down, you'd love our Father if you allowed yourself to know him.  It is your right.  These clerics are nothing more than men who bleed, just like you.  They have no magical knowlege that you don't also possess.  Claim your own rights to be a child of your God and then bring honor back to your mothers, wives, and daughters.  I'm trusting that you'll hear the voice of the divine in your own hearts and that it won't come by way of other men who lord their importance over you.

For those of you who enter this transformation, I pray for God to bless you.