A lifetime of being told that God is a god of love is near the heart of the conflict. Of course, such is only half a god, or a third, but it’s not really about God anyway. I might suggest that a person at this juncture rent and watch the Peter Brook version of The Mahabharata on video and pay special attention to the many facets of Krishna, and especially Peter Brooks’ own introduction to one of the segments where he points out Krishna’s seemingly un-Godlike behavior and asks the viewer poignantly, “Who’s to judge?”
