I like many people these days, am trying to come to terms with the more and more prevalent violence taking place everywhere. My wife and I talked about it as we often do and her insights are always enlightening to me. We both agree that it is definitely related to a society that is becoming so disconnected both on a human level and definitely on an emotional level.
This goes deeper than the availability of guns. Many are ready to just jump on the gun control bandwagon and make that the root of our problem. Gun control will not stop these people who are utterly disconnected from society to not continue to hurt people. I’ve maintained for some time that this is problem goes far deeper than the simple use of a gun or knife or fist. Those things are a means to an end and what must be addressed is how to change the tracks of these people who are only looking for that grimmest of ends.
My theory will be dismissed by many as being simplistic and unrealistic and I frankly don’t care. Get your own blog and submit your own theory. One of our problems is the direction we have veered where God is dismissed, morals are thrown out as being judgments man cannot make about another man and we are so intent of not offending anyone that we now pretty much offend everyone. You can also look at the media outlets either glorifying murder or indecent behavior becoming the norm. Many kids these days (and too many adults) have no human connection and only use these media outlets to guide their behavior. We are fast becoming so disconnected with other people that the value of life itself is diminishing and when that happens to the most troubled in our society the outcome are these heinous acts of multiple murders that seem to be on the rise.
Let’s forget for a moment the type of weapon being used in any of these mass murders and look at the person holding the gun. I’m sorry but that is where the root of the problem exists. Until that very basic premise is understood things will not change in fact get worse. What is driving these people to do the things they do? Why do they feel their only recourse is to kill people? What happens to a person when the taking of life is deemed an acceptable action of behavior? We better determine this disconnect in human behavior because unless that gets addressed things will continue to decline.
So now let me start to get the head shakers going. All I need to say is one word for so many to shut down and that is God. OK, now that I have shed the head shakers, and you know who you are, let’s think about this. There is a, larger than we would like to even believe, faction in our society determined to remove God from every facet of our lives. From our schools to our government buildings and even many public places people don’t want the almighty infringing on their behaviors. It astounds me when once a major tragedy occurs those people are the first to ask “Where was God here?” My answer would not waiver; it would be right were you left him…..behind.
Now I realize there’s more to what is going on than the lack of God but I also believe that the simple foundation that the majority once had in a power higher than each one of us has slowly disintegrated to the point now that many think this life is all there is and there are no consequences for anything anyone does in this life. That is both sad and scary to me.
I leave you to ponder this. I don’t have any quick answers. I personally wouldn’t mind if televisions disappeared in our lives but I know that’s not going to happen. I just know that somehow people are going to have to start connecting with people on a face to face level again. Once that starts to occur than perhaps our children will understand that a simple delete key is not the answer to their problems.
