Seeking a Thriving World (Part A)
What lack of cleanliness and disease did to Europe in the middle ages -- so was done to the world with aggression and torture in the last century. Mechanized genocide had become too easy.
It is though metaphorically we are fighting injustice and death with crude sabres and clumsy knives. Instead, we need to be precisely accurate while using the skill of a delicate surgeon with finely made scalpels. The cancerous growth of carnage needs to be explicitly cut from the existence of the human race.
Specifically all of our finely tuned surgeons need to be clear historians and accurate wordsmiths. We need a language that will describe any death completely, any suffering honestly, as well as, illuminate the true meanings of empathy and sympathy.
We need to show that we understand differences including the acceptance of varying thoughts and feelings amidst cultures.
It seems that the words survival, violence, torture and extinction all play roles for members of the human race. Most definitely violence and torture describe ways in which people exert their will when there is no other hope for survival. Survival is only wished for because if you die -- then you are gone. To some it does not matter if the rest of your compatriots live or leave this earth -- because for some they only care about extinction for themselves. Nothing else matters to this the self-centered person.
For spiritual (and sometimes religious) bodies or races and people, the survival of others is of definite importance. [That is the essence of what Jesus Christ acted upon.] In fact, all martyrs for all causes, religions, and societies have been known to die for others. Their suffering proves that they truly die for their friends and family members. This is altruism at its greatest. Heroes are certain in any culture -- as long as hopes are believed and sacrifices are made.
To become a martyr -- or to sacrifice oneself -- does not always mean that one is fighting evil. In a natural setting such as in a body of water a lifeguard could heroically die while saving a drowning victim. Though tragic, the natural setting does demand that evil would not have to be present. Instead an individual's fight against the 'randomness' of the system may be enough to produce a hero.
You may also witness Saint Francis as he volunteered to travel to join the Crusades. He was captured by an opposing Sultan and led to the leaders who freed him only so he would return to his home in Assisi. Somewhere someone showed mercy and forgiveness. I say this to show that evil is not always evil, especially when it is understood that it can be forgiven. In Francis' case it was a man of a different culture than his who showed him mercy and let him go home.
There is a time and place for every culture to have its moment in the sun. When this happens each person must be valued and all worlds need to be made special. We will need to identify and isolate the negative and thereby accentuate the positive. The many and varied virtuous people will then be able to thrive more fully in the world. [There will be more in Part B.]
Sincerely written, and
Respectfully submitted,
Robert N. Franz
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It is though metaphorically we are fighting injustice and death with crude sabres and clumsy knives. Instead, we need to be precisely accurate while using the skill of a delicate surgeon with finely made scalpels. The cancerous growth of carnage needs to be explicitly cut from the existence of the human race.
Specifically all of our finely tuned surgeons need to be clear historians and accurate wordsmiths. We need a language that will describe any death completely, any suffering honestly, as well as, illuminate the true meanings of empathy and sympathy.
We need to show that we understand differences including the acceptance of varying thoughts and feelings amidst cultures.
It seems that the words survival, violence, torture and extinction all play roles for members of the human race. Most definitely violence and torture describe ways in which people exert their will when there is no other hope for survival. Survival is only wished for because if you die -- then you are gone. To some it does not matter if the rest of your compatriots live or leave this earth -- because for some they only care about extinction for themselves. Nothing else matters to this the self-centered person.
For spiritual (and sometimes religious) bodies or races and people, the survival of others is of definite importance. [That is the essence of what Jesus Christ acted upon.] In fact, all martyrs for all causes, religions, and societies have been known to die for others. Their suffering proves that they truly die for their friends and family members. This is altruism at its greatest. Heroes are certain in any culture -- as long as hopes are believed and sacrifices are made.
To become a martyr -- or to sacrifice oneself -- does not always mean that one is fighting evil. In a natural setting such as in a body of water a lifeguard could heroically die while saving a drowning victim. Though tragic, the natural setting does demand that evil would not have to be present. Instead an individual's fight against the 'randomness' of the system may be enough to produce a hero.
You may also witness Saint Francis as he volunteered to travel to join the Crusades. He was captured by an opposing Sultan and led to the leaders who freed him only so he would return to his home in Assisi. Somewhere someone showed mercy and forgiveness. I say this to show that evil is not always evil, especially when it is understood that it can be forgiven. In Francis' case it was a man of a different culture than his who showed him mercy and let him go home.
There is a time and place for every culture to have its moment in the sun. When this happens each person must be valued and all worlds need to be made special. We will need to identify and isolate the negative and thereby accentuate the positive. The many and varied virtuous people will then be able to thrive more fully in the world. [There will be more in Part B.]
Sincerely written, and
Respectfully submitted,
Robert N. Franz
see: amzn.to/1R1Oayq
or check linkage: amazon.com/author/rf3rd
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