I wish there was a noble power that could do something about this.
Your comment is so interesting. I certainly feel the same way you do as untold number of others. Throughout the ages people have sought conjured up ways to deal with, overcome evil infinitely more diabolical than what is going on now with ISIS. We are aware of it only as a function of our modern world. But this mode of warfare, treatment of others that were deemed unworthy has been going on for thousands of years.
To the Romans, cruelty was a trait to be admired and held in the highest esteem. Cruelty was characteristic of great men of history. Crucifixion one of the most heinous and agonizing of punishments was conjured up by the Romans to extract the worst sort of penalty for defying Rome. Go to YouTube and let them regale you in stories regarding inventions of torture that boggle the mind. They could have killed those quickly and less painfully but they chose the worst possible form of death for their enemies.
This noble power you very eloquently expressed throughout history was brought to bar in the guise of god or God, be it Yahweh or The Son of God. But in many instances, this noble power was inconsistent at best. it seemed to most that the good go unrewarded and the evil go unpunished.
As time went on, people began calling upon this noble power from within. Armies, self protection,weaponry, took over the task of relying on a noble power to save themselves. The best example is Israel. Throughout history while Jews wee in exile, their attitude was one in which they believed, it was of no use to attempt to battle the much larger and powerful gentile forces against them and would pray to their Almighty to deliver them from exile,again looking for a noble power that never came.
And then, the Jews learned the lesson of survival in the post Holocaust-era. Yahweh did not as much as save a single child, no Jew was spared unless he had the means
to defend himself in a real world realm of strength of self defense, weaponry.
Now look at Israel now. Antisemitism is as rampant as ever, boycotts organized by Universities of higher learning, Church organizations talk only of divestiture, the Arab world is armed to the teeth,Iran is building its Atom bomb design on one that is three times more powerful than what destroyed, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ISIS shoots missiles from the Sinai, Europe, the very birthplace of Antisemitism and Russia as well is being emptied of Jews as result of the Muslim threat.
Just today, Netanyahu made an announcement of Israel turning away from the West and has entered into financial arrangements with China and Asia, traditionally not antisemitic.
What Israel has accomplished is not to rely on some noble power that never can be relied upon.you rely upon yourself. The entire world knows that to attack Israel, or even to attempt to destroy it completely will only lead to the Cold war strategy of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Yes, indeed. The Jews learned their lesson very well.
A noble power is as noble as it may be to intercede upon your behalf, otherwise, please allow me the dignity to protect myself on my own terms. Even in the hearts and minds of those who have no where to turn, imagination and fantasy would help those looking for noble power if only in their minds. The character of Superman, created out of the minds of his Jewish creators was born out of the concept of a Messiah Complex. Like Jesus Christ Himself who wanted to save the world as a result of his Messiah Complex, so, too, was Superman born out of the same need and fear.
A noble power. None so noble as those who defend themselves and save others. we are the noble power that must destroy Islam for all time. We are the noble power to save those who need saving.
There are no other noble powers but yourself.