21st century prophecies
In 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the GREAT prophet spoke, saying mockingly, “After all, we are God’s nation, so the argument goes, so what’s good for our nation is pleasing to God. There certainly are religious sages who reject nationalist excesses and adopt far more universal visions. Unfortunately, such sages don’t wield much political power these days” uttering the excellent, profound, and provocative words, “the handmaid of nationalism is religion” as well, “Religions, rites, and rituals will remain important as long as the power of humankind rests on mass cooperation and as long as mass cooperation rests on belief in shared fiction” and “past experiences of the whole of humanity, will become less reliable guides” “The Zionist story fails to ascribe any meaning to Chinese Empires, to the tribes of New Guinea, and to the Andromeda galaxy, as well as to the countless eons that passed before the existence of Moses, Abraham, and the evolution of the apes” and “eternity is at the very least 13.8 billion years---the current age of the universe . . . the city of Jerusalem was established just 5,000 years ago, and the Jewish people are at most 3,000 years old. This hardly qualifies as eternity” Many languish in the words of the prophet, but many sustain themselves regardless of the words of the prophet. Why the hell are so many humans studying and exploring ancient texts? If our emotional states are at the dictates of computer equations known as algorithms, then why is the story of the Bhagavad Gita and the GREAT movie Lion King considered by the prophet to be so blasted relevant to human existence? What in the world makes this prophet-scholar so impressive and impressing? Because, He is on the Left! That is it in a nutshell.
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