Friday 21 July 06

How terrible it is that mankind has to war war .. all because of pride - and sadly this gets dressed up in all kinds of clothing. Honour; Nation; Allah; God; Family; Meglomania; Self worship; Greed; Hatred; Love, etc., etc. all justifications for a course of war driven by pride.

Sure mankind needs to strive against ignoble ideas, tyrrany, injustice, lies, self-centredness, etc., but in looking at other men & women, the observer should first recognise the humanity of those they observe, and also note the equal propensity to human faults hidden in the observers own heart. Without such recognition, the observer can blindly reek the vengence of the same selfcentred pride they see in others and war will go till all are the loosers - loosers to the lie of self justification and to the hatred of others replacing the imperitive of love for all people regardless of religion, race, sex, class or age.

Any religion or philosophy that teaches/ advocates vengeance or hated of other people is false - it can not be from the Creator of time & space/ Almighty God/ Allah. Religion that advocates forgiveness and mercy to others is good for our souls and bodies and for the world of relationships; false religion is poison to us and to the world of relationships.

I sent my friend Mal an e-mail inviting him to my daughter's wedding and he rang me back to day to say he sadly wasn't able to come as he would be away - but he went on to encourage me to join Blogger.com and write blogs. Now why would I want to write blogs? I reckon to write them you would have to enjoy reading other blogs. Mal does just that. I asked him how he was doing as a full time 'house' dad as I listened to his lively one year old daughter sounding out as she played in the background. Was he going to a Mothers & Toddlers group? No - he had done that, but really enjoyed his own company as he childminded & managed his web (he no doubt does other important tasks about house). He told me he has plenty of time reading & writing blogs as he bonds with his daughter. (Mum is out earning the bacon more effectively than Mal can hope to - so it suits them as a family).

Now this got me thinking as I discussed it with my future son-in-law. Is there a psycological development difference in a child brought up with dad holding the baby rather than mum? Role reversal. I dont think so, but who am I to know? What matters is that there is a mum & dad for the child to watch and relate with. I'm told teenage girls need a dad and teenage boys need a mum to look up to - even though that may derive their sense of belonging & of love from their 'mother' figure. I guess they may derive their sense of worth and value from the other parent.
Since some fathers have been guilty of giving their daughters a negative sense of value, I guess Mal is starting on the right foot.

Mal says blogs are easy, "just title your blog 'religion' and away you go". - "But who would want to read it?" - "Google has good search engines and prople get to find subjects easily". -"OK! Bye"