Sometimes when I observe human nature-including my own-I ask the Lord if he might have made a mistake. Perhaps he should have stopped creating once he'd made the animals...
Tag: Human Nature
THE PERFECT WORLD
The political scene with its surrounding discourse, debate and accompanying scheming, charades, and false characterizations and representations provide a perfect arena for human nature to hone and to extrude one of its prime characteristics-one of the things it's best at: blaming someone else... Life, for almost all of us, is tough, and then we die. … Continue reading THE PERFECT WORLD
GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Some people believe that there's a "global consciousness". Humanity, they think, is all coming together in one giant Mind of peace, love and harmony. Well, if you want a glimpse of it, spend fifteen minutes within the swirling cesspool of human thought known as "Facebook"...
THE ROUGH ROAD TO UTOPIA
History consists of a long series of attempts to achieve what seemed to someone's imagination and plans to be a "better world", but which often involved revolution, war and mayhem... Mankind never actually succeeds in achieving perpetual happiness for anyone, let alone everyone. But with human nature being as it is, many people are certain … Continue reading THE ROUGH ROAD TO UTOPIA
BEAUTIFUL CITY: WHERE IS IT?
I once was involved as a musician in a professional tour of a popular rock musical. It was based on gospel parables, complete with performers representing Jesus and his disciples. The Jesus of the musical was a hippy-like guru with a band of admirers. He wasn’t the Son of God, and he didn’t die for … Continue reading BEAUTIFUL CITY: WHERE IS IT?
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