The myth of redemptive violence is God’s gift to scriptwriters.

     The myth of redemptive violence is everywhere, a unifying force that keeps gun sales healthy and military contractor’s wealthy.  Real violence is everywhere as well, both intentional and accidental, but it’s fragmented and isolated, a sudden moment that shouldn’t have happened, needn’t happened — a human soul is ripped from her loved ones.  Such moments bring only shock and grief. […]