April 10, 2009

The signs of the times...




It's been a while and since then, our PM has resigned and left us to our own devices, or rather to his substitute, who's not any better, in fact; I think we're in for a crude awakening in terms of harsh governmental treatment of the less fortunate in this rich society... 

The other day I saw a documentary about "Intelligent design" i.e. Creationism Vs Darwin 
-The film being about the court case in  Dover, Kansas, where parents brought their school board on trial, for attempting to introduce ID to 9.grade students. - The film made quite an impact on me - especially the comments/ statements from the Creationists made me wonder about which century we're living in...

Later I was reading all these, for me, weird discussions wherever Obama dipped, bowed or stooped to the Saudi king , and the hateful remarks and comments this incident has sparked, which to a foreigner is very baffling - then it suddenly hit me that;
 The US, which for the last 100 years or so, has been considered not only the leader of the free world, but also the forerunner in all things medical, scientific, literature etc.  is filling the very same role the Arabic speaking world enjoyed in earlier times, and this for nearly 400 years...!

Now, there's many theories as to the hows and whys, this leadership ended, but one of the main reasons is considered to be, that religion and the way people interpreted this religion [in this case Islam] is one of the main factors for the regression of the magnificent and widespread intellectual supremacy possessed by the Arabic speaking nations -  (This in the end, led to a loss of force and power, which in turn made it "easy" for Western empires to overrun and colonise the Arabic speaking countries and the ensuing oppression of the "natives" did not help matters any!)

Well, to get back to the US... Religious right wing forces in the States are quietly gathering momentum and with the meddling into, not only science, but all important aspects of the thinking mind = Everything worth giving a hoot about and exactly what distinguish us from  animals, then I see a parallel to the loss of the Arabic dominion, and for the very same reasons!
 
All this (if I'm right...) might come as a chock to all "Christian  soldiers" and other wingnuts fighting against not international terrorism but  "The evil of Islam", who sees Obama as the Antichrist, who predicts the invasion of the "red threat" & other outlandish fearmongering theories...

And maybe; What is deduced as a "Clash of civilizations" is really just history repeating....


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's not a repeating, it's a gradual incremental evolution.

The man who believes in religion is the one who experiences all the mystery in the universe (the good ones and the bad ones), feels it, loves it and sets himself the outspoken in name of it.

The man who considers (not believes) the science is the one who experiences all the mystery in the universe (the good ones and the bad ones), feels it, loves it but still wonder about it.

Blessings on thee