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.