Something really weird happens when you start seeing people as people, and not as the "idea" of people you simply have in your head.
In fact, our society often works to makes us all see each other as anything but people. We are races, genders, Muslims and Christians, believers and infidels, and every other brand label we can think to assign.
But we are not people... just simple, hopeful, people - who all want the very same things for their children; and who’s stories all end with the same four words - “and then we die.”
One thing you notice, for example, is the profound similarities, and a common nature that is infinitely malleable enough to believe anything is "true."
Another is how we only crave to be saved by the countless "truths" we are offered, to the point that we are willing to kill and die for them, because we are so profoundly broken.
And because we are so profoundly broken, we cannot see how we each contribute to turning our Eden into hell on earth.
And all to defend and advance the "truth" of our sacred "beliefs."
I mean, if the Bible ends with Armageddon, and the things in the Bible must be "believed" to be "true," then why would we want ANYONE to believe in the Bible?
I mean, that book is the definition of a self fulfilling prophecy. And it's one of the bloodiest books ever written!
In fact, our society often works to makes us all see each other as anything but people. We are races, genders, Muslims and Christians, believers and infidels, and every other brand label we can think to assign.
But we are not people... just simple, hopeful, people - who all want the very same things for their children; and who’s stories all end with the same four words - “and then we die.”
One thing you notice, for example, is the profound similarities, and a common nature that is infinitely malleable enough to believe anything is "true."
Another is how we only crave to be saved by the countless "truths" we are offered, to the point that we are willing to kill and die for them, because we are so profoundly broken.
And because we are so profoundly broken, we cannot see how we each contribute to turning our Eden into hell on earth.
And all to defend and advance the "truth" of our sacred "beliefs."
I mean, if the Bible ends with Armageddon, and the things in the Bible must be "believed" to be "true," then why would we want ANYONE to believe in the Bible?
I mean, that book is the definition of a self fulfilling prophecy. And it's one of the bloodiest books ever written!
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