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Matthew 5:5 left something out.
I've taken the initiative to edit it back in.
5.5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth after the bold reduce everything to blackened, lifeless cinders.
Translation? No matter what you do, you're not going to save the earth in this lifetime. Certainly it's possible, but only by changing people a little at a time. Baby steps. However, don't expect the meek to inherit the earth any time before the prideful blow everything to hell. After all, the prideful are the ones that are closer to the "unholy" forces of greed, gluttony, and sloth; they are the rich, the decision makers, while the meek are the laborers, the unappreciated. And if any sort of influence by religion in my life has taught me anything? It's that Lucifer has all the easy answers. God trusts those who wish to go to heaven to earn their path through blood, sweat, and tears; those who have the power to change things at a whim are instead corrupted by that power, and play with lives as if they were lesser things; statistics as opposed to living souls.
Focus on survival, folks. Try to make an impact, but touch each life minorly, don't expect to fix the world before you pass on, and don't expect your children to fix it either. This is only something we can save with a little work each time.
I've taken the initiative to edit it back in.
5.5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth after the bold reduce everything to blackened, lifeless cinders.
Translation? No matter what you do, you're not going to save the earth in this lifetime. Certainly it's possible, but only by changing people a little at a time. Baby steps. However, don't expect the meek to inherit the earth any time before the prideful blow everything to hell. After all, the prideful are the ones that are closer to the "unholy" forces of greed, gluttony, and sloth; they are the rich, the decision makers, while the meek are the laborers, the unappreciated. And if any sort of influence by religion in my life has taught me anything? It's that Lucifer has all the easy answers. God trusts those who wish to go to heaven to earn their path through blood, sweat, and tears; those who have the power to change things at a whim are instead corrupted by that power, and play with lives as if they were lesser things; statistics as opposed to living souls.
Focus on survival, folks. Try to make an impact, but touch each life minorly, don't expect to fix the world before you pass on, and don't expect your children to fix it either. This is only something we can save with a little work each time.
