Humankind is but the pieces in a game, plastic soldiers waging war between boy gods.
Are we to conclude that these chief gods, Zeus and Yahweh, did not wish humankind to have moral consciousness and the arts of civilization? It is a mystery indeed.The most obvious explanation is that the creative artist and poet and saint must fight the actual (as contrasted to the ideal) gods of our society__he god of conformism as well as the gods of apathy, material success, and exploitative power. These are the __dols_ of our society that are worshiped by multitudes of people.
The Courage to Create
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Are we to conclude that these chief gods, Zeus and Yahweh, did not wish humankind to have moral consciousness and the arts of civilization? It is a mystery indeed.The most obvious explanation is that the creative artist and poet and saint must fight the actual (as contrasted to the ideal) gods of our society__he god of conformism as well as the gods of apathy, material success, and exploitative power. These are the __dols_ of our society that are worshiped by multitudes of people.
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Once upon a time, there was a man as great as the gods_But even the great can tremble with fear.Even the great can fall
To be angry at the gods is to scream at the stars. Even if they hear, they will not stop shining.
May all humankind find the grace of goodwill.