Many people died in a horrible way in the last several hours. For a time our attention is fixed on the victims of the bombing and shootings in Norway. We also look at the death of a talented, 27-year old singer who died in London, England.
The murderous Communist dictator, Joseph Stalin, said that one death is a tragedy but a million deaths is a statistic.
He is wrong.
The people of Norway did not see dozens of people die, they grieve today, and we with them, for each individual life that was ended abruptly.
Each person, each name, each life was taken by a hate-filled, vengeful person. His is the name that should be lost.
There are laughs that will not be shared, loves that will never be discovered, inventions and processes that might never be realized because of the abrupt passing of these precious people.
We pray for the families and friends and we mourn with the nation and world.
That this should happen in Norway is a puzzle to many. Norway is generally pacifist and neutral.
However, hatred and destructiveness know no national borders.
I earnestly hope that the family and friends celebrate the lives that were and will live in the hope of the greatest eternal reunion.
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