Jaspenelle over at The Painted Dragonfly poses a very difficult question: If a religious civil war broke out in your country, would you stand against it? Or would you flee? (I’m paraphrasing here.)
I had to answer honestly that I would flee. I know that I am nowhere near as strong as I pretend to be, and I don’t think I would have the strength to fight, whether that be physical fighting or any other type. I wonder if this makes me any less of a devotee to my religion? I don’t think it does, partly because some of us are meant to be warriors, and others realize they don’t have that power. (That’s not to say that I wouldn’t work in some capacity against this hypothetical war.)
Maybe if it really were to happen I would feel differently. I have surprised myself before when I called up some latent strength to take a stand against something I felt was wrong. I do consider myself lucky to be a Canadian though, because I feel we are less like to see a religious civil war here than in many other countries. (At least I sincerely hope so.)