OPINION:
Although we are a philosophically Judeo-Christian nation in which most people believe in God (and many believe in angels, demons, miracles, heaven and hell), too few know or believe what a cosmological and evolutionary miracle it is that the human race exists at all.
In the many trillions of galaxies and stars in our universe, we know of only one system that developed and sustains intelligent life: ours. Even on our planet, there is vanishingly low probability that any one of us is actually conceived, born and alive long enough to interact with other, equally unlikely human beings. The rarity of a human being is essentially incalculable in this universe.
So the loss of even one — especially one as uniquely intelligent, articulate and gifted as Charlie Kirk — is an incredible tragedy, regardless of what the celebrating left wing is ignorantly saying.
Until most people have learned about and come to understand the rarity of the human species and the uniqueness and potential value of each individual in it, some fraction of us will continue to murder others over ephemeral words and ideas.
Sadly, this concept no longer seems to be taught by any of our schools or religious institutions, some of which teach the exact opposite and that the killing of nonbelievers is a great virtue. So I, for one, am not optimistic on the question of ending political and religious violence.
DONALD BRETCHES
Waynesboro, Virginia
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