(side note, this was a note on facebook as well. you may have read it already)
All throughout history humans have been able to progress from the old to what we call the new. We no longer use a horse and buggy, we no longer use phones twice the size of our heads, we no longer live in only log cabins, we no longer wonder what gravity is, we no longer accept disco as music...the list goes on. What I don't understand is why humans are able to make progress in the things that don't realistically matter in life, but disregard human life?
Every car is basically the exact same thing. It has a motor, wheels, and all the other things that make a car a car. We don't look at a black car and think "maybe this isn't a car after all...but that white car. now, THAT"S a car!" We don't treat brown cars different than blue cars. Same thing goes with a phone. All phones regardless of color or size, are still phones. Take a look at a few different guns. A pistol is small. But there is no doubt that it is a gun. A rifle is much bigger, yet still the same concept as the pistol...a gun. All of these things and many many more things we come into contact with in everyday life have differences amongst their similarities. A gun is a gun no matter how big or small. They all have a chamber and trigger. They all still fire bullets.
Why then are people different? How is it that we can look at someone of a different race, different ethnicity, different size, or different gender and say they are not as important and the next guy. Everyone one of us is human. We all have organs, fingers, toes, mouths, faces, heads, bodies, minds...everything is virtually identical, yet the smallest difference is somehow the biggest deal in human history! How is the color of someones skin more relevant than life itself?? When are we going to realize we are the problem and not the solution. We CAN be the solution, but that is impossible if nobody wants to work together
Have you even wondered if promoting such things as Black History month, or teaching children about past indifference is actually causing a problem? Isn't bringing that stuff up only bringing to their attention that we once thought that some people weren't as good as other people? I personally don't think we even need to bring up the fact that we could somehow be different. If you've ever gone to a park, small children don't pay attention to skin color or gender. They see everyone as an equal. It's only when someone brings it to their attention that the other person is "different" that they start to question things. Maybe we should stop making a big deal out of skin color and gender in front of children and then maybe they won't grow up thinking that way.
Jesus teaches us to love one another as we love ourselves. What if we all took on that challenge like we took on the challenge to build bigger buildings or cars? We have the potential to change. If the one thing we will come to regret is lost or broken or non-existent relationships, then why not stop it in its tracks now and make a change today?
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