Rewarding
Jesus H. Christ! What in hell is going on in the world today? Well, to tell you the truth it’s not much different than what has been going on in it the past 5,000 years; war, famine, political uprisings, educational advances (with exception of the Tea Party), and greed.
Wow! I’ve managed to insult quite a few people in my first couple of sentences. Oh well, they’ll get over it, and if they don’t, who cares? They don’t have to read my blog. Back to the point at hand. The world is screwed up, has been, and always will be. As long as there are human beings inhabiting this big blue rock, this world will continue as it has for millennia. We would like to think that through education and technological advancement that we as a species have evolved into rational thinkers and transcend our animalistic tendencies. WRONG! People want money and power and a lot of them will stop at nothing to gain these. How can we transcend such avarice when we simply have no common acceptable code of ethics and morality?
Religion seems to be one of the prevalent factors getting in the way of this. It seems that despite the fact that most religions have the same underlying goal, peaceful harmony among mankind, there are those who continue to misuse religion for their own gain. Islam, Judaism, Christianity, et al. all have their fanatics. These fanatics ruin it for everyone. I would love to see religion be banned globally, but the truth is people will create some other form of distinctive identity just so that we can prove how different we are from others. Hell, we have different political parties, different schools of philosophical thought, etc. Why not allow religion into the mix?
The answer is not an easy one, but I think the real issue is that the majority really doesn’t see or understand the problem. We’ll never get close to finding any answer to the cliche of world peace until everyone agrees as to what and where the problems are. And by inductive principal, no one will ever agree on anything. So, in my best cynical words, I guess we just have to deal with stupidity, injustice, fanaticism, and overall disarray.
Now, when is the next deadly asteroid expected to hit Earth?