The most important direction...

 

 

"All signs point to upward. Why in the world would someone want to pull up backward..."

This morning I wrote about where ISIL would like to take the world. They are following ancient rules and texts which shows non-followers of their version of Islam to be lost and should be eliminated. This afternoon I would like to give a slightly different version on what I wrote earlier today.

As I said this morning, ISIL would like to kills us for sins they perceive were perpetrated  by Christians generations upon generations ago. We on the other hand live in the present, and have our eyes on the future. We are looking forward to how we can improve life on this planet. Not just for Christians, but for everyone. How we can ameliorate suffering for all those who hurt. How we can eviscerate all dreadful and deadly diseases. How we can safely and genetically engineer crops which can grow in the most arid of climates, thereby feed millions of starving people. And how we can bring fresh, potable water into the most thirsty of all lands.

We as mankind on planet Earth, are on the precipice of doing some great and wondrous things. We are making some great improvements. For example, we have more computing power in our smart phone than what we sent up to the Moon in 1969. And it is only going to get better. Technology can be our best friend - or our worst enemy. It can save us or kill us. On the plus side, we are close to coming up with the cure for AIDS, cancer, diabetes, hypertension and so on.

Or technology can kill us. Suitcase nukes, bio weapons, chemical weapons, suicide vests, you name it. All these bad things can be put in the hands of groups like ISIL, Boko Haram or Al Qaeda . To kill instead of to help. To destroy, instead of to build. To go backwards, instead of going forward. 

As we progress into the 21st century, we need to decide which direction are we going to go. Forward, for a fuller, longer life.  Or backward to the dark ages. We have heard and seen quite a bit which direction ISIL wants to take us. It is time to hear from the rest of us. As for me, my vote is forward and upward. A better, fuller life for all. For those who want to kill the rest of us, well, it is time to change your direction. Most of us want to go forward. Failure to do so might prove to be a very difficult path in your future.