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.
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.
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