Imagine

Unfortunately we live in a time where we can't imagine a world without war, poverty, disease, or many other issues which impact us all. It seems to me it would be the driving force of all of us to strive for a better world, at least for our future generations. Wouldn't it be nice if our children had to read history in order to have an understanding of what it was like for nations to fight each other? As long as people put undebatable emphasis on religion, nationality, or even political affiliation then this is an impossible dream. I read other blogs by anarchists who would love to see our union dissolved because a specific party has the majority of the power or final decision making. In reality I don't know if that is the real reason behind their mindsets of anarchism or if there is something else which has been programmed by society and some how and fuels their hostilities.

Each of us believe we are right about our personal views, thus ensuring debate when we meet someone who believes differently. Take the issue of Gay Marriage for example, one of my straight or heterosexual friends told me she would support Civil Unions but not marriage for gay people. She is a fellow Liberal Democrat, but she has ingrained religious ideology which prevents her from thinking outside of what she was taught and I guess it is progress for her to even support Civil Unions. This topic also brought up the question of choice, and she believes Gay people do choose this lifestyle and you know remarks such as this get old to someone who lives the Gay life and is true to who they are. These people read the Bible, point to specific scriptures, without even questioning when it was written or why it was written, or if it is simply wrong.

In some countries around the world women are still treated in the same manner as they have for been for thousands of years, without value and even subject to death if they go against ancient religious tradition. Homosexuals can be hanged if they are found out, and children are basically the property of their fathers. Here in the United States we have religious freedom, yet because of these freedoms some people feel like laws can be passed to justify discrimination. We have political leaders who use the Bible in their campaigns to reach a segment of the population and in doing so incite hatred, where obvious lines are drawn between what they believe is right and what they think is wrong.

I personally believe we are on the threshold of something else which will impact history, possibly even the fall of the United States. I believe this because our differences are too great fundamentally and politically. I wish I could as the John Lennon song goes, "Imagine".