TWO ROADS

"TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD, AND I-
I TOOK THE ONE LESS TRAVELED BY,
AND THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE."

SO SAID ROBERT FROST IN HIS POEM, 'THE ROAD NOT TAKEN'. BUT IS THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED THE ROAD PREFERRED OR IS IT JUST A CHOICE? THIS DIVERGENCE IN THE WOODS SUGGESTS IMPORTANT DECISIONS TODAY. I WONDER WHICH ROAD LEADS TO THE GENUINE GOD? THE GOD OF ISLAM WHO HAS NO HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS OR THE CHRISTIAN GOD WHO CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE? WHICH ROAD LEADS TO THE CITY ON THE HILL? THE LIBERAL, LEFT ROAD OF NON-JUDGMENTALISM AND ENTITLEMENTS WHICH DISTORT COMMON SENSE AND RIGHT AND WRONG AND LEAD TO DEPRAVITY OR THE CONSERVATIVE, RIGHT PATH? WHICH HIGHWAY LEADS TO CIVILIZED LIVING? THE ISLAMIC ONE ON WHICH HARD-LINERS PERFORM SUICIDE BOMBINGS, UTILIZE HUMAN SHIELDS (EVEN WOMEN) AND PERPETRATE JIHAD ON OTHER MUSLIMS (FOR EXAMPLE IN DARFUR AND IRAQ) OR THE OTHER FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF YAHWEH WHO GAVE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TO MOSES AND HIS FOLLOWERS? WHICH PATH SHOWS THE WAY TO THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL POWERS? THE WEST FORK TO RATIONALISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT OR THE EAST FORK TO OPPRESSION WHICH MAY FARTHER ON DOWN SPLIT AGAIN BETWEEN A REVIVED BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND A MUSLIM CALIPHATE? HUMAN BEINGS WITH FREE WILL MUST BE FREE TO MAKE CHOICES. ARE WE AT THE CROSSROADS NOW?