In the old days, when wars were fought, people shed blood; lost limbs; lives; sanity; virginity; culture and bloodlines.
Call it love; lust; obsession; possession; property; sex, religion, politics, progress. Whatever you call ‘it’, it remains the proverbial spoke that keep our wheels moving, sometimes not forward, but moving none-the-less.
This has always been a survival of the strongest, a dog eat dog world, where the meat on that inevitable bone, takes the form of many shapes and ideologies.
Today’s conglomerates have the power to bulldoze trees
all in the name of progress
regardless of how deep their roots lie and
how much shade they used to provide.
Some believe in conspiracy theories, others believe in brands
Unfortunately the largest percentage of any population may think, they actually have a say in the way things are run, when unknown to them; well for the most part, they are simply pawns playing to some grand plan. Like puppets we are conditioned to believe certain religious doctrines and ideologies; like particular books, music, fashion, and the list goes on. Some believe that systems have been established, to inject trends into society and because many of us are followers, we easily fall into their mouse trap.
“That style isn’t in any more, I need to buy the newest, wickedest outfit that everyone is wearing.”
Just like those night clubs that invite the ‘so called’ trend setters to frequent their establishment, so that the ‘2nd and 3rd degree trend-setters following the original trend setters would attend. You hear it all the time.
“That is the newest place in town, everyone who is anyone is there.”
Ohhhhhh look how cute, run for me, come on, run….
And who decides who these people are, is it based on money, attractiveness, social standing etc? So where does the rest of the population fit in. Are they any different from lab rats, turning tricks for a treat.
Lovely golden crust
Just thinking about all those theories that provide an alternative reasoning behind life, and the way we do what we do, and the whys. What are the truths? Perhaps they are all
different and relative to who’s searching. But then what if there are different truths? Life is not black and white, it is filled with a kaleidoscope of colour, hues, tints and textures. What if there were enough beliefs to go around, what if they all had some validity to them, including the trend setters, who live at the crust of society, the top echelons. Maybe they have something to prove, because they live in the lime light, the oven…maybe their God is indeed brands. Who am I to suggest otherwise.
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
Karl Marx elude to religion as being an institution poor people identify with, one that will ease their plight, some justification to their suffering, so they may not question their positions in life. Their God, justifies their situation, gives them hope, I suppose, so that they may not rebel. And their riches are promised in their Heaven, if they behave. While the rich man’s Heaven is experienced right here in this existence.
One God or Many
Gods are made up, invented, passed down, romanticized from one generation to the next.
The ancient Greeks, First Nation People, and other indigenous groups believed in several Gods or deities that were responsible for various stages or phases in life. Quite like our modern government, with the Prime Minister as the head and other Ministers being responsible for different areas in life, Works, Agriculture, Education, Social Development, Housing etc.
What if the God-dom had a similar structure, each God advising someone, what if money and sex were Gods for particular reasons unknown to the deep rooted Christians believers. What if this theory of the father, son and holy ghost is one side of it, and there was more to meet life than what is experienced. What if everyone’s perception of God carried some truth to it, what if we respected everyone’s truth, to lay theories down side by side, and create a single world religion that embraced the many truths we posses. What is the worst that can happen?
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