This cameraman has got to be the most committed journalist on the plannet right now. In this 12 minute film, you see bullets landing all around him, blood puddles when he stops to take cover. You see the resistance army walking and shooting while bullets skim and graze every surface around them. I’ve never seen a warzone like this one. The resisters are absolutely fearless, walking almost casually while the ground around them erupts, both sides yelling “god is great!” as they destroy each other in the horror world of Homs, Syria. One side fighting for an oppressive regime, one side fighting and dying for dignity and freedom.

When you see fighters walking around so calmly while so close to destruction and death– others and their own– you know it’s because they’re operating under the illusion of a trip to “heaven”. In their mind, it’s just not that bad. It’s one of the worst consequences of deep religious faith: lives simply matter less because it’s all about the “after life”, rather than… the only real one.