The Law

Abstract

Today you wake up and you are told you are not who you thought you were. You are young and have been happily leading a carefree life, heading into a promising future. You sit down in the living room and your mother or father reveals one secret in your family that will change your life from this day forward, forever. The government has changed cleverly and insidiously from a democracy into a dictatorship, one built on hatred and fear. And you are the scapegoat. You no longer have the right kind of blood, the right name, the right family background, the right physical features to be considered a member of your society, city, or state. Blue eyes and blond hair are favored, and you have neither. According to new laws, you had better be “Aryan,” but by definition, you no longer are. You have always been an insider, but you are now an outsider. You have never been a victim, but now you are victimized. You can no longer attend school, see your familiar friends, have a profession, or marry anyone of your choosing. Nothing and no one is to be trusted. The world you’ve been living in has metamorphosed into an incomprehensible labyrinth. What goes through your mind? Why is this happening to me? Is this true? I want to die.

You shall know them by their fruits.

—Matt. 8:16