Man mystifies himself. From the cradle he
visualizes himself struggling against those
who would deprive him of his birthright as
he becomes evermore the grasping selfish
creature full blown given to threats and violence.
This is his primitive awareness of the world
and the rigours of existence where others too
seek out the fundamental necessities of life. It
is their reach to obtain their due that arouses
the sense of competitive danger. He also is
imbued with the sense of awe at his very
existence in a vast world that makes him wary
and fearful, searching the Empyrean blue for
comfort, sensing a spirit of divine creation and
a covenant inspired to peace among men. His
abiding fears firmly entrenched, faith enters the
realm of his thoughts in his devotion to a saint
of peace and human fellowship as he flaunts
the banner of theism and flouts the proscriptions
against violence and conflict, finally satisfied
that the heavenly apparition hovering over him
applauds his sacrifices of human life as
offers of faith and enduring belief in the spirit
that enjoins its faithful to war against those
whose faith lies in the promise of an adversary.
Who can fault humanity modelling itself thus?
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