Diversity (which exists within the
Religious factions, that being denominational faith) breeds
indifference of opinion. When indifference is mentioned, it is
the opinion that does not care . . . not the individuals who
might believe that opinion. People have diversity of opinion and
that equals the "I don't care about your opinion or
any opinion other than my own" syndrome. Opinion (being at the
core of individualism) leads to loosely knitted or slightly
structured belief patterns. These opinions also change with time
and sometimes the individual will change their models of belief
(as in Carl Sagan). With the ever-expanding horizon of human
evolution and growing technological advancements, we are
seemingly faced with the same expansion of conflict. Conflict of
opinion and belief could diversify into sub-groups of the same
concept. This would probably cause even more confusion within the
issues themselves. The conflict of violence over these
differences of opinion and belief as in prohibition, religion,
prostitution, pro-life vs. pro-choice, etc . . ..
Do you believe in God? Do you believe in my
God? Do you think Euthanasia is right or wrong? Where are the
gray and acceptable areas of belief? Should babies be aborted?
What if the woman were raped...what then? Is your religion (or
denomination) the one and only truth? These are simplistic
questions to ask, but I would wager the answers to these
questions would be diversified with complexity (even to the members of only one
particular group), to the point of individual indifference. I say,
"A". He says, "B". She says, "C".
The list goes on indefinitely. I might say abortion is wrong and
all that practice such medicine should be locked away without
parole and the women should never be allowed to bear children
again. Did this leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth...it did
mine! I do think abortion is wrong, however I do not have the
right to force my opinion onto someone who is making their own life
altering decision. I also believe there are extenuating
circumstances. For example, if the child is definitely going to
be born with a severe handicap or the woman is raped. I also
believe in the possibility of adoption, but without prejudice
against those not willing to consider this option. Some people
who have read this agree and some do not. Those who agree
probably even added their own thoughts to the subject and thus I
may not agree with those new concepts. Now we have created a
social indifference without resolution to the problem causing
conflict.
Face it folks . . . we are a violent,
self-indulged, clan of primitive apes lurching around in the
dark, at best, hoping to find the light switch that turns on the
comprehension to our social edifications. And no single answer
will be possible to serve as the utopia of resolutions in any
Human debate.
