Conversation overheard

So we're down at the breakfast buffet and I'm waiting for this really lovely young lady (probably Palestinian) to finish making an omelette for me, and I'm subjected to this conversation next to me. An American is quoting Ezekiel to his Israeli tour guide, and he's drawing connections between the signs of the End Times and the war in Lebanon. "It's a war between Good and Evil."

He went on to outline how the conflict will only worsen until the whole world, and especially Jordan and the United States (because the US is mentioned all over Ezekiel, you know) are drawn in, and Israel plunges humanity into World War. "Jordan's the only player who isn't involved yet, and they could be in any day!"

His guide was a bit dismayed, shall we say, by the prospect of the wholesale destruction of her country, and even more that this man was really looking forward to seeing it and being in Jerusalem while it happens. I think she doubly resented it because the man was American, and she felt strongly (and said so) that the US was letting Israel do its shooting for them, and the best thing that could happen is immediate ceasefire.

My point in relating this interchange is that these sorts of conversations are happening around us all day, sometimes between people who have such radically different world views it's like they're from different planets.