We Need Heroes.

 The world still needs heroes. We all need someone to look up to. When you are a kid, you naturally want to emulate the grown ups, but we can never be too old to have dreams and admire those who have accomplished much. Heroes generally come from the areas in life that we have taken an interest in. It is  hard to be a hero in the times we are living in because people are constantly looking for ways to dehumanise other people. There is more conflict in the world these days, so you think those achieving any kind of virtuous feat would be instantly admired by the masses, but virtue itself is being looked down upon.

There were prophets in the Old Testament, who warned to the people that if they didn't change their ways that God would send judgement, so when virtue falls in our society, you see less and less of people of virtue being admired. But if we again regain some sanity in our world, it is ripe for heroes. In a society where we have forgotten practical ways of living, heroism can take the form of just teaching people principals that are being looked over in our world, like love and compassion. If virtue is failing we can try to be more loving as people. Religion has always fostered basic human characteristics that we all need to live in peace, and that should be part of the goal of religion in our world today.

Communities are built on love, but if we are constantly fighting each other we will deplete our energies in trying to build the world that we all want. The reason ideologies collide is because we all want a world where we can be one, but the problem is that nobody is the same. They think that religion divides us and the way to have world peace is to eliminate faith. But without faith you have no God, and where there is no God there is no power, or love. People are trying to create their own god, and have lost an awareness of what the holy scriptures say about our human condition, and where we are heading as a humanity. This is sad.

It's sad because we are finite and we don't hold all the answers to life, and we will never know all it's mysteries. Young people find uncertainty crushing but in previous generations it was our uncertainty that lead us to seek God. There is a bit of peace that comes when you find God, but we are all on a journey to do just that. The solution for all is to be open to ideas that seem foreign, without giving up your own beliefs. We definitely need more tolerance, but more tolerance doesn't imply forsaking the bible or what you hold dear. Those who seem to be imposing their beliefs and their lifestyles on the masses of people who don't want it must take a step back, and learn to not impose those beliefs on us. In the same way we don't want to be imposed upon, we need to learn why others seem to be offended with us, and there must be open dialogue to find out why so many people reject faith in the 21st Century. This is Mike.