Civilization

 

To be civil is to be thoughtful and

concerned not only with one's own

welfare but that of others for if others

suffer privation and without order and

security would view your better state

with envy what is to stop them from

committing uncivil violence against you

in their own greater interest of sharing

what you own and would not share?

The state of civilization owes much to

the construct of a deity for nothing

inspires respect and fear so much as

does the prospect of an all-powerful

entity displeased with one's behaviour

capable of striking a fatal blow at a mere 

glance.... As the interlocutor of the 

all-powerful reminds humble constituents

the faithful must adhere to the Almighty's

precepts of civilized behaviour; to be

meek and humble, give praise to their

creator and strive for peace among

their fellows. The compact fails when

humanity stumbles on the impediments

that their creator has endowed them

with and when their creator's design

failed to take into account its flaws

so that all are culpable, the creator and

the inadequately blueprinted-created.