Supreme Irony
A rash of shootings in the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston has residents on edge, and Mayor Thomas Menino is trying to stop the gangs behind much of the violence. And he should be doing exactly that.
He said gangs seem to be behind much of the violence. "There's a lack of respect for life out there," Menino said in a telephone interview. "They don't understand what life is about and they don't seem to understand death, either, that it's final."
Yes, that is a good and true message to send out. Alas, the mayor is undermining his own point.
Menino, seeking to calm frayed nerves, said he plans to attend two church services today, one in Mattapan and the other in Dorchester.
The problem with attending Christian churches is that they hold—as a central tenet of their beliefs—that, for at least the chosen, death is not final.
Labels: Christianity, death, Menino, violence
