A Call to Arms [Incomplete]
[date written: 2006-01-03]
For too long we have sat, ignorant and apathetic, watching the world around us act and counteract on what we are told are reasonable motives. As children we held belief in the factual nature of this world, in absolute truths and in the dichotomy of good and evil; these beliefs have haunted us into adulthood. It is not enough to simply accept a maxim because the majority agree with it - the majority are sheep. The creators and proponents of these maxims invariably act out of a desire to manipulate the public; whether one consider Benito Mussolini's Fascism and its desire to manipulate through propaganda, or Jesus of Nazareth's Christianity and it's desire to manipulate through instilling Christian values, this remains consistent.
For many who have faced this bleak reality, the solitude of dismissed trust in society has been overwhelming. We are essentially social beings and we have a need to share our lives with others.
If we cannot establish something for ourselves, then we must accept that it is inherently fallible.
For too long we have sat, ignorant and apathetic, watching the world around us act and counteract on what we are told are reasonable motives. As children we held belief in the factual nature of this world, in absolute truths and in the dichotomy of good and evil; these beliefs have haunted us into adulthood. It is not enough to simply accept a maxim because the majority agree with it - the majority are sheep. The creators and proponents of these maxims invariably act out of a desire to manipulate the public; whether one consider Benito Mussolini's Fascism and its desire to manipulate through propaganda, or Jesus of Nazareth's Christianity and it's desire to manipulate through instilling Christian values, this remains consistent.
For many who have faced this bleak reality, the solitude of dismissed trust in society has been overwhelming. We are essentially social beings and we have a need to share our lives with others.
If we cannot establish something for ourselves, then we must accept that it is inherently fallible.
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