Entry 6: Religion and Tolerance

Entry 6

I started browsing The Internet at random today, and I found that one of the most controversial topic here is Religion.
Did I study their religious beliefs immediately to understand it more?
I wanted to. I really did. But there are SO MANY. With SO MUCH CONTENT. And people who follow the same religion TOO seem to have to make up their minds on the finer details of their religious accounts!
So I gave up.
But what I HAVE been able to figure out is this: religions can get so good, that humans feel closer to each other than ever, and yet, it can pull them apart so much, that it can lead to war. Wars between territories and within territories.
In a nutshell, some people like it (to the point of violence), some people oppose it (to the point of violence) and some people question it (to the point of violence). But all religions seem to have the basic rule of inflicting good unto humanity. I really don't get where the violence comes from. I really think that these people just want to fight, for fighting's sake.
And don't THEY love a good fight! As much as they seem to be of higher intelligence, they are still primal in several senses; this being one of them.
Instead of finding common grounds on religious beliefs (which are MANY) they like finding differences, and they stick with those differences like Glaasi when it comes in contact with Blæk.
Humanity has a lot be ashamed about and a lot to celebrate. They choose to ignore the things that shame them and KEEP repeating those things.
Some of these people can get very prejudiced too. A whole group of them can hold a grudge against another group for generations!
They find accepting things that aren't of the usual norm very difficult. Some of them actually welcome a change or a shift in the social order; others, oppose it with a passion (this we have already been through in reagrds of their historical accounts).
The most recent social issue that many find difficult to come in terms with has something to do with sexual orientation.
The younger humans more or less welcome change and are able to embrace it more than the older humans, who have lived by a certain social structure and thus wish to stick to it at all costs.
I don't know what they wish to preserve or hide away.
The truth lays bare for all to see but I guess for the ones who are less flexible-minded (if that's a phrase), it's too much to bear.
But what is truth but a figment of our own understanding, anyway? What is religion, but an attempt to understand the world around us which is otherwise quite tragic and meaningless? And is it right for people to fear, and eventually hate the unknown behind the mask of "religious beliefs"?
That is what they fear, right? The mighty unknown?

Therefore, what we must remember is that every human is an individual and that every human has his/her own thought processes.
Do other humans have a right to judge or disallow another human of exercising his/her freedom?
They keep calling and asking for "freedom" but how are they free if they're always bound by social structures and norms?

This is not to say that we Kalekrits live in utopia where everything's perfect, but humans are still learning and they are still trying to perfect their social systems.


A social issue that they had faced not so long ago was that of differences in skin. The fairer "race" of humans held a superior position over the darker "race". After speeches and protests and wars, they finally decided to celebrate equality.
And now, the same people who were okay with the darker race being given equal rights as themselves, are protesting against humans who are of a different sexual orientation than themselves; just like I said previously, they blame religion to cover up what is just their own fear of the "unknown" or what's different from them.

I say, we never let humans know about our existence. Some will celebrate us perhaps, but most will probably kill us before we even get a chance to explain our purpose.

Entry 5: Economic System(s)

Greetings, Mission Control!

I had promised in my last entry to bring you information on Earth's economic system.

Studying their economic system(s) has only made me uncover another reason why developments in science and infrastructure are slowed down here.

Every territory makes a choice on what kind of economic system they wish to follow; and from what I can see, the countries or territories  that choose a 'free' or 'capitalistic' market are considered to be far more superior than the territories that have adopted other economic systems. However, a capitalistic territory is not protected from economic downfalls. In theory at least, the most safe and the most well-planned system seems to be the socialist system, where the government or the ruling party takes possession of almost all the property. But as all animals, humans have a strong sense of ownership and territorial power.
What they consider theirs is their territory alone, and in this regard, they are quite sensitive. They wish to be the best in every aspect: the smartest, the richest, the most powerful.
What drives them is the want, no, the need to be the most respected, the most approved. Of course, there is nothing wrong with being driven by a motivation to be better than everyone else; it is this drive that has obviously lead them to achieve so much in the recent years.

For the most part, though their economic systems that the territories follow seem to be similar enough.

But getting into the details--the form of currency that they use are notes (mostly made of starch, cotton, linen and small amounts of paper) and small metallic disks which are usually circular. They use these forms of currency for most of their economic transactions. Some other methods of payment include what appears to be a plastic card--easily breakable, but much more convenient I suppose, as this card seems to hold a lot of money in it, without them actually having to carry that many notes or disks (yes, it's electronically monitored. They find simple solutions for life's bigger problems). Again, there are vast differences in the currencies that humans use between territories; the currency, in terms of design and validity varies in EACH and every one of them (see what I mean by "slowing down"?).

Transactions between nations are, of course, a common sight--a necessity, in fact. The amount of money to be transferred between the countries and the value of the product that the money is being exchanged for in terms of the buying country's currency is determined by something called an 'Exchange Rate'. It's a medium of measuring the value of one territory's currency against another's.
It is, however, a very fragile system; the values keep changing. Almost every hour in some cases!

Their economic systems seem to be concrete and very simple in its rules, but as you add more factors and parties to it, it gets complex. It's a perfect example of Sir Kesj's words: "Complex in its simplicity and simple in its complexity."
The number of humans and organizations involved in the economic system is of course, large, and thus laying down more rules or laws in the already existing system can be prove to be a tiresome task and even disastrous in some cases.

Well, that is all for now! I don't want to get into social commentary just yet--I think we'd need my entire Study of Life department to accomplish a task so gargantuan.
So er... send more Glorjaei!!