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God, War And Testosterone: That's Entertainment!

God, War And Testosterone: That's Entertainment!

Franklin M. a., Carolyn

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN13: 9798843340100
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 1 2022
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
If God is: All Powerful, All Knowing, Creator of All Things, Eternal, The Beginning and The End, Father of All, Ever Was and Ever Will Be, Designer of Karma, Destiny, Punishment, Forgiveness, Damnation, Repentance, Salvation, Unconditional Love, Hell, and, Free Will, what are we here for? What is our purpose, we humans? What, on earth, does God want with us?

Entertainment! Of course!

War! of course! The ultimate entertainment!

Without war what adventure would we prepare for, get excited about, recover from, commiserate over, fear, lament, record innumerable written records of the strategies, discuss the warped perceptions of the Other Side, the wins, the defeats, the sorrows, the history books, history classes, Monday Morning Quarterbacks, souvenirs - no end to the possibilities for occupation and entertainment!

WWI, The Great War, had just ended, the rifles had hardly cooled, but there was again serious talk of trouble with Germany. Headlines in newspapers and movie newsreels blasted military music while soldiers marched in mechanical precision, on the screen.

Swastika flags dominated the movies. They filled every scene with the ominous zig-zag of evil intention waiting in the wings.

As a child I'd ask, Why do we have war?

The response was, Because, it's the way things are.

Ever since I could think or reason, I have been asking, Why? Why are things the way they are? And someone would casually respond, Because that's the way they are.

That made no sense at all. Are things the way they are, or do we people expect, encourage, connive, plan, provide, celebrate and rejoice in the way they are - or the way we make them are?

Is war the way they are? Or, do we lust for excitement, blood, pathos, drama, suspension and snappy uniforms? - and profits? War is our excuse.

Somewhere along the Road of Life it was impressed upon us that we have free will...? Really? If so, do we freely create war? Is that our will? Is famine our will? Communicable diseases? Poverty? Suffering? Grief - our will? My will?

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