Maximus Veritas

“Belief”

“Belief” … according to Death …

scene from — The Hogfather: a movie based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchet

Why are we afraid?

An answer — Why we are afraid:

A 1,400 year secret — by Dr. Bill Warner

People want to live their lives
— life, liberty, and the pursuit of elusive ideals
— like: happiness, truth, justice, honor, perfection
— like: wisdom, knowledge, virtue, progress
— like: strength, spirit, health
People want to make progress in their lives
— to do better for themselves than the good they have already achieved
— liberty to do the best they can
— freedom to fail
— strength to start again
People want to give their children better conditions for life than the conditions they enjoyed
— abundance
— freedom
— opportunity
— wisdom
People want to feel the future is bright
— they will be free
— they will have hope and optimism
— they will know tolerance of themselves and others
— they will experience abundance

When people feel:
— their lives are threatened
— progress can not be made
— their children’s lives are poor
— their future is bleak

People stand up

“WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.

A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small “inside” group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.”