The world is crazy

The world is crazy right now but I think it is just one of those periods in history when there is a realignment of territories and philosophies.  No one geopolitical philosophy or culture has persisted forever, the territories that are primarily ruled by the philosophies morph over time.

The biggest issue that I see is the use of religious fervor to take and hold territory and people.  This has been a constant for thousands of years and it is not just one religion or race that has the number one position in this.  Everyone has been involved in one way or another.  Just look at the Crusades or the battles over Constantinople or the Romans vs the Saxons.  The human being is basically a greedy and selfish entity that wants to “own” land, people, money, and most importantly power and in many cases religious fervor is a way to create the commitment to the wars that are undertaken to increase their ownership.

All of this said, I have a huge problem with theocracies (where a single religious view is the basis for the political organization).  This automatically opens the “country” to discrimination against anyone who doesn’t have the same beliefs which will lead to the use of heinous methods of control to maintain their power.  In my belief, the United States has been a strong entity because of its basis in religious freedom.  The founders of the country created our principles based on ONE GOD, not one religious belief and unfortunately we are currently seeing a huge issue with the “Christian” majority believing that their GOD is the one GOD and that their beliefs are absolute and correct and should be obeyed by everyone else.  Sounds like a theocracy to me.  That is not, in my opinion, how and why this country was created!

From my own point of view, there is ONE GOD (I consider myself a non-atheist).  Throughout the world, every religion believes there is one or more Gods that they take direction from and comfort in.  Again, IMHO, these are just different channels to the same GOD.  Why is it not possible to understand that we each have our own view of this thing called GOD and that just because I believe one thing doesn’t mean that you must believe exactly the same way?  I just don’t get it.  If we could answer that question and everyone agree that we need to live together and allow each other to practice their life and religion in their own way, the world would be a lot better place.  AMEN, INSHALLAH, and all other invocations!!!!