James Hoover
Dear ApricotCapybara,
I read your essay and I think your analysis of the current social and political situation of humanity is up to the point. You clearly lay out that human self-centeredness can be and is dangerous, in its ability to disrupt the social climate as well as the ecological climate. Especially if it is driven by ideology and hidden agendas.
Even if UFO's should exist, what should this mean for how to solve the above problems, for the case that Aliens are not what we expect them to be – namely helpful? And even if they should be helpful, it would not be guaranteed that they have a recipe that changes the hearts of the human beings. The latter is obviously a huge part of the problem (in my opinion), since we live in an age of materialism, nihilism and many of us don't believe anymore in something that is more intelligent than we are and has created nature. This is really hubris to me, and it results in total disorientation. I think in this respect, believing in Alien visitors does not help much, except these Aliens themselves believe in God and have recognised that they are mortal beings that sometimes can be vicious. On one hand, materialism does worship nature in a bigotry-like manner, on the other hand materialism does destroy what it worships – a striking antinomy in my opinion, and vicious in the sense that people think that nothing what they do can later be blamed on them, since when they die, they stop to exist.
I rather belief that the hearts of many human beings had to change towards more humility and acceptance that we will never be all-knowing and omnipotent, since otherwise we always could think that the problems that we cause can well be solved at any later time!!! Another problem is that many people think that there can be no real responsibility for their actions, since within a materialistic world view, there is no place for God or any judgement of what one has done during his short life. Anyways, moral standards clearly are deteriorating more and more in our world. I could go on for pages.
All in all you gave a realistic and true view of the current state of human civilisation for all people who are open for the truth! I gave your essay a good rating, a “9”.
Best wishes
AquamarineTapir