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people who embrace universal love if they spawn the Ku Klux Klan, kill abortion doctors, preach assassination of heads of state and hatred of other faiths? Once the labels “hypocrite” or “ bigot” for Christians, and “fanatic” for Muslims, are accepted caricatures, thinking ceases. Let the cartoons begin!
It was said of the monks’ abbot, Christian de Cherge, that he would judge specific acts, but not people or whole governments. Condemn the sin but not the sinner. He was an optimist who believed that under the right influences people and governments can change. Attitudes affect behavior.
On this tenth anniversary of their deaths, let us honor the monks of Tibhirine by reflecting on the ways our attitudes affect our behavior. Universal fraternal love may seem laughably naive in a dog-eat- dog world of power and domination. But “love” has nothing to do with sentiment and everything to do with good will, justice, and respect for others who are
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