Nearly 1,000 years ago the Crusades were trying to “liberate the Holy Land from the infidel saracen. 1,000 years previous to that, a man of peace, a prophet whose message was love, was put to death by the followers of Abraham in that same land. In the intervening period another prophet, from the line of Abraham, delivered his message of the one true God and gave the world Islam.
Now in that region we have an 8m high wall dividing the people, who are still at war with each other. We are smart, sophisticated, evolved human beings, but it appears not. Have we have learned nothing? The last century, for all its great advances, was probably the darkest in human history. We had two world wars, with millions slain, the holocaust, and the atomic bombs. The beginning of the present century got off to a flyer with the horrific and very visual attacks on the USA and the shocking war in Iraq. The carnage continues. What hope for us?
Yes there is hope. We are at the beginning of a new renaissance. During the last one Gallileo pointed out our error in assuming, arrogantly, that the earth was at the centre of the universe. We learned a very valuable lesson. But it has not cured our arrogance. The new renaissance will show us our true place in this amazing evolving universe. It will be a humbling experience.