Thoughts and thoughts...
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Hi all! I was studying psychology and I came across this interesting community in Pennsylvania. This community dresses plainly and find modern technology unacceptable. Well, they really remind me of "The Village characters". But what I found out something on the internet which was really sad, because some members of the community took advantage of their "higher" authoritarian roles and abused children both physically or mentally. Although this has raised some concern, it seems that the community is keeping them underwraps and does not seem to intend to persecute their own members in court. I guess this is an in-group bias thing. They persecute others who violate their own but not their members who violate their own. Strange isn't is? That justice is not served, and the saddest thing of all is to follow the religion blindly, and the fact that many do not question the authority in the religion.
People who blindly follow others must one day realize that they should reconsider the path which they should take. Fearing the authorities is what stopped people from listening to their conscience. Whether it should be war or terrorism, much should be put into consideration before any destructive force is unleashed. Are wars fought for justice or power? Is terrorism an act of revenge? I guess God has his way of maintaining the population quota. Having plagues and wars going on may not be his intention, but I guess such disasters occur so as to strike a balance between our resources and our existence. Imagine that our population is evergrowing without check. Maybe cannabalism may set in soon after desperation for food sets in. Well, who knows?
