Thursday, March 30, 2017

WHOM DO PEOPLE PRAISE?

   Humans:  we are the only living species on earth that shackles our own kind in the unlawful world of slavery while saying we believe in the freedom of all people.
   Animals, fish, and birds do not do that.
   Humans:  we are the only living species on earth that trades and sells our own kind for slavery, pornography, prostitution, drugs, and sex. 
   Animals, fish, and birds do not do that.
   Humans:  we are the only living species on earth that baptizes its babies before offering their little bodies as sacrifices on altars of fire to gods and goddesses of our own invention. 
   Animals, fish, and birds do not do that.
   Even as we face death, humans is the only living species on earth with the desire that eulogies will be offered at funerals and memorials that will tell the world of all the greatness we achieved while living, as well as how much greater we will be when we exit the other side of the grave.
   Animals, fish, and birds do not do that.
   Humans:  whom do people praise?
   Most often, we praise ourselves. 
   We praise our philosophies and the thoughts we have of ourselves.
   We praise our political institutions and politicians.
   We praise our religious institutions and spiritual gurus.
   We praise our sports stars, movie stars, and television heroes.
   We praise our architectural and engineering achievements of bridges, buildings, aerospace, trucks and cars, and vessels of the sea.
   Humans:  we like to be first in line, first to be seated, first to be served, and first to eat.
   Humans:  we like for heads to turn toward us when we enter buildings and rooms.
   We like the attention we get with pats on the head or pats on the back.
   We like to be recognized from platforms and pulpits, in magazines and newspapers, and to see our names on bulletin boards and trophies on the walls.
   Humans:  we rejoice in being us because we know there are no living creatures on earth that can match our praise of self.
   At the same time, we do not like to talk about our failures, lies, wars, cheating on golf courses, and our inventions of evil things. 
   Instead, we desire that others know about our years of sacrificial giving to our churches, religious institutions, favorite charities, politicians, and spiritual gurus:  and for serving soup at the homeless shelter on Thanksgiving Day.
      "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."  (Psalm 53: 1)
   Men and women without God will praise themselves before praising God, and they will also desire the praises of people rather than people giving praise to God.
   Therefore, men and women without God have become gods in their own minds, for they believe there are no people on earth like themselves as if they are one of a kind and above all others.
   Animals, fish, and birds do not do that.
  

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