Something that Letter to God reminded me of...

When I got back from adventuring in world, taka and i were kickin it in the tub, chatting about spirituality or something...i am not even sure of the exact subject matter that was being dialogued, but i believe it was something along the lines of the pervasive force of good in the world. The fact that both of us (as we found out) felt that, in general, this world is heading towards a better place. people will eventually become more aware, more compassionate, understanding, etc. and eventually (although this was never framed in said conversation) we will be living in a utopian land...that is simply my opinion on the matter, i know we've still got a long way to go, and i can't see any possibility of this happening in my lifetime, or many lifetimes ahead, but how bout in a million years? do i see the world suffering from the same stupid arguments, the same stupid careless actions, or being run by the same soulless tycoons? NO. i can't see that as a possibility. while nothing will change without action, and i feel that the people contributing to this blog stand to make a huge difference in this world (in which way specifically, obviously, none of us know yet) I do feel the urgency we're faced with, especially since we stand to lose OUR habitat, and we're already destroying countless others' habitats, but yet i find myself somewhat unworried...perhaps it is apathy, but i'm not sure it is. I simply cannot see this thing turning out negatively. As dosmé (the correct spelling of that name by the way, it's french by descent) pointed out to some of his co-workers, and then me, we are these animals spinning on a ball, that is spinning around another bigger ball, that is all spinning at thousands of miles per hour, and so on...(pardon me dos, i know i totally just botched what it was you actually said, but i think i got the jest of it) So, if that's what we are, and what we have that we can't detect anywhere else, is consciousness and a habitable planet, can we really ruin it? Will whatever force it was that spawned us really let ignorant people ruin this whole damned existence for everyone? I like to think that the answer is no, however ignorant that statement may be. I know we all share similar beliefs in the pervasive force of "good" in the world, this is just a little good ol' fashioned afternoon soc. So, back to where i was about hot tub and this whole conversation. I got out of the hot tub, and walked inside to find my sister talking to her boyfriend. For those of you who don't know Katie, she is very religious...and i just realized that i had homework due in this class today...whoops...So Katie believes in God to the utmost degree, her faith impresses me but also saddens me because I feel as though there is a rift between us because of it. Sometimes it is hard to talk to people when they have such radically conflicting views. However, it was on this night that i realized that Katie and i in fact do not hold such radically conflicting views. I walked in and she and her boyfriend were pretty much having the same conversation Taka and i had just had. She simply frames her worldviews in the context of God. Now she still believes in a lot of what i consider to be pish posh (noah's arc, adam and eve, God's plan and all that jazz) but at its core, i think we believe the world to be the same place, driving to the relatively the same place. I personally think that religion will not be around in a few hundred, maybe a few hundred thousand, years. She has faith that it will be...I made that statement to one of Kerry's friends (younger sis) and she seemed pretty taken aback by it. I guess i pretty much attacked her entire belief system or something i dont know : ) So anyway, i'm not sure if there's a point to all this, but this bloog specifically states that i have permission to write anything i want so, enjoy...especially Brooks, i know how much you love long posts. love you guys