For it has polarized the country's traumatized Christian community in a way unlikely to benefit the government. They reminded their fellow Ugandans that the dictator Idi Amin banned all religious groupings other than mainstream Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam. The battle lines have been drawn and everyone stands to lose. Whatever comes of the political maneuverings, the horrible facts of the killings remain. Almost certainly, others will be discovered.
Religious extremism is very real.
And, with the help of our governments, it is growing. I was dumbfounded. Neither I nor his mother had ever mentioned Satan to him or his brother. A few days later, our three year-old gave me an even bigger surprise. We had never mentioned Jesus either.