I recently came across a series of photos of Islamic “workers,” if that is what they were, systematically destroying crosses, statues, or other signs on newly captured Christian churches and buildings in Iraq and Syria. The principle is, I suppose, that one is only allowed to see what the theology allows to be seen. My eyes are not to see reality unless that reality is already fashioned in the image of what I think is worthy to exist and be seen.
On coming down from the mountain, Moses saw the Israelites reveling before golden calves that they had just fashioned from their ladies’ jewelry. He was so annoyed and angered that he ordered the idols chipped down, ground into fine pieces, and tossed in the river. Then, he made the people drink of the water. No one chastised him for destroying priceless cultural artifacts, not controlling his temper, or polluting the water.
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