Posted by: Prof Ilchi Lee
When we were spearing innocent and helpless babies in the name of God, do you think that He was truly happy? When hot blood was spilt, innards pulled out, babies’ heads dashed, and other unspeakable cruelties perpetrated in the name of God, do you think He was cheering on the sidelines for His team? How could religion, with such noble goals, deteriorate into something so evil.’ Because these things happened in the middle Ages, when our ancestors were ignorant savages?
Don’t think so. Are we doing any better now? With the advent of the Industrial Revolution and now the Information Revolution, our physical lives have certainly become more comfortable. We can fly to the other side of the Earth in a few hours, talk to someone over the Internet in real time, and have delicious meals after five minutes in a microwave oven. We can also destroy the world many upon many times over, kill more people than ever with a single blast, and irrevocably damage the ozone layer, rain forests, and oceans with our insatiable appetite for more. And in the midst of this plenty, we still can’t eradicate hunger, do without wars, prevent injustices, or solve any of the higher problems that have been plaguing humankind since the beginning of history.
