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May 17, 2004
This post was suggested by Guido in comments at public opinion.
Caravaggio's painting of the beheading of John the Baptist bears an uncanny similarity to the still images of the beheading of Nick Berg by Islamic extremists:
Caravaggio, The Beheading of the Baptist
I was told about this stuff when a child by the Catholic nuns. Christians were always sacrificing themselves was the script. Well, that was before the priests got to run society and right order was established.
Then it was heretics who were sacrificed by the priests.
And consider this:
Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath
And this:
Caravaggio, Salome with the Head of the Baptist.
Sacrifice is a part of our Christian culture.
Is not Chritianity structured around sacrifice? It is the very core of its culture? Christ on the cross sacrificing himself us for our sins? We human beings are sinful by nature, therefore sacrifice is needed for our atonement?
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That is the 'Christian Tradition'. I wonder what the Islamic tradition is? That would be instructive to find out what motivated Berg's killers to do what they did.
These pictures though are helpful in explaining our reaction to what happened though.