Blog of Andreas Eschenbacher

HUMANS and ANTS   Both know to hunt and kill their prey Both have genetics to obey Both are in life subdued to face The task to spread their genes and race   Both understand to win a war Both sting and mutilate galore Both are efficient when they stride To start an all-out genocide   Both have evolved to dominate Both feel the urgent need to mate Both are protective of their seed And sacrifice to raise their breed   Both change and learn to socialize Both are adapted to surprise Both function as they have to do As species of a larger zoo.   Both live their lives and die one day Both have their own eccentric way They differ only in what’s odd: For one of them believes in God © Andreas Eschenbacher

  Religion and Violence Many a book has been written about that subject. Why?  Because people liked to understand the ‘interwovenness’ between religion and violence. People like me. It has puzzled me for a long time why religious people can be as cruel and unforgiving as ‘regular’ folks. Or even more cruel and more unforgiving. Or is it so? Sure, I will say, thinking about the extreme violence of the Church against ‘heretics’, ‘non-believers’, and ‘witches’. Very sadly, the inquisition drew a lot of blood and caused extreme pain for innocent people.  I think of warfare between Christians and Muslims (vice versa), and both against Jews, between European (religious and other) immigrants into America and their massive slaughter of the natives. I’m aware if the long-lasting and devastating wars between Protestants and Catholics,   Sunni and Shii Muslim faith systems, and many more … Now, thinking about all this I came across the book ‘Fields of Blood’ by Karen Armstr...