North Korea announced they have nuclear weapons, once again focusing the thoughts of the world on the consequences of releasing overwhelming amounts of energy. The first law of thermodynamics: matter and energy can not be destroyed but can be changed into one another. The second law of thermodynamics: concentrations of energy disperse when released from confinement. Life is the intricate structural containment and slow dispersion of energy, and living constructions exist intact only briefly and only within a narrow range ambient free energy.
There are people who will not accept the apparent paradox that some religious extremists and some non-religious extremists are part of the same single danger. The paradoxical appearance exists if all you consider is evidence of direct connections and combined actions. The danger is the common core belief that there is desirable personal gain to be achieved by the murder of other humans, and access to the technologies and materials for killing. The entire course of history is filled with common criminals who use lethality for worldly gain, and civilization has emerged as the will of the peace desiring majority unites to keep criminal violence in check.
The danger in our present time is heightened by the re-emergence of the ancient belief that divine power rewards human sacrifice. For roughly 500 years since the decline of the Maya, earth has been free of large populations that believe spiritual favors may be obtained through the killing of humans. Islamic extremists who are taught to believe, Allah grants rewards in an after life paradise for killing people, are undeniably practicing human sacrifice. The idea that God rewards killing is a vastly different belief than God forgives killing.
There are people who will not accept the apparent paradox that some religious extremists and some non-religious extremists are part of the same single danger. The paradoxical appearance exists if all you consider is evidence of direct connections and combined actions. The danger is the common core belief that there is desirable personal gain to be achieved by the murder of other humans, and access to the technologies and materials for killing. The entire course of history is filled with common criminals who use lethality for worldly gain, and civilization has emerged as the will of the peace desiring majority unites to keep criminal violence in check.
The danger in our present time is heightened by the re-emergence of the ancient belief that divine power rewards human sacrifice. For roughly 500 years since the decline of the Maya, earth has been free of large populations that believe spiritual favors may be obtained through the killing of humans. Islamic extremists who are taught to believe, Allah grants rewards in an after life paradise for killing people, are undeniably practicing human sacrifice. The idea that God rewards killing is a vastly different belief than God forgives killing.
