Monday, October 27, 2008

All Cultural Wars are Endless

Christians and Muslims have been having trouble with each other since the time Mohammed
was alive. Hindus have been having problems with Muslims since the Moghuls invaded India
in 1504. So the Christian Muslim problem has existed longer that the Hindu Muslim problem.

The Sikh religion was an attempt to end the Hindu Muslim rivalry and all the deaths. So the Sikhs now believe in Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism etc. However, even this attempt to end the rivalry between Hinduism and the Muslim religion was not completely successful.

So when people talk to me that the Christian secular war against Islamic Terrorists is going to be won with some great victory I know these people are ignorant fools. The Christian secular war has existed in some form since the times of Mohammed and will continue as long as there are Christians and Muslims on planet earth. Likewise the Hindu Muslim war will continue as long as there are Hindus and Muslims on planet earth.

I fully expect that 1000 years from now multigreat grandchildren of all sides will be fighting each other in some form. So only the completely ignorant think this thing will EVER be over. It might die down, it might get somewhat peaceful at times but it will never be over as long as there are Christians, Muslims and Hindus. And it goes beyond that even if there were theoretically only Muslims and agnostics and Atheists it would still go on. That is just how incredibly pathetic this whole thing is. And anyone who promises an easy end to this has to be smoking something or just plain deluded.

So when I watch movies like 'Syriana' or 'Body of Lies' I see more deeply the way things actually are and not just the propaganda of one side or the other. Only the angry, the ignorant and the deluded young men of all sides fight and die in this awful thing going on now. It likely will never end. Knowing this brings wisdom. Anyone who tells you something else is a fool.

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