The Genocide of the Heart

I've come to realize recently that I have no real friends. Actually, none of us have any friends. Western Culture has pretty much quashed all notions of loyalty, intimacy, and trust. Perhaps its not so much the culture but the basis for culture in this society... money.

They say that a friend helps you move... a good friend helps you move a body. Well, I can't get any of my so called "friends" to even help me move. What am I supposed to do about a body?

I can honestly say that I have stood by certain people through thick and thin. Picked them up when they have fallen, and defended them when they were not worth defending. However, painfully I cannot say that any "friend" has done this for me. I am amazed how when there is a need I am sought after. But when I am in need I stand alone.

So, I go back to what I said earlier in this post, I blame money. It seems that when we have money we have no want for anything so we have no need of friends, family, or God. But, when times are hard, and money is scarce, then we cling to the forementioned institutions.

It ties in to the ongoing struggle of our lives. The battle that wages around us and unbeknownst to us. The trials of the end times as spoke of in scripture are not trials of flesh. That question has been answered. No, its a trial of the spirit. The attack comes each day to us across our television, radio, movies... our very culture. To be honest, it is a fight we are losing and our souls are being slaughtered. It is a Genocide of the Heart.

Media tells us to work hard, be efficient, and save your money and you can be affluent and like Gods. It tells us how to think, and what is right and wrong. It says we don't need God or religion, we have health, happiness, entertainment, wealth and the good life. It has convinced us that we are the pinnacle of mankinds existance and that all of our ancestors yearn to be fullfilled like us. So, there is no reason to look to the past for anything but entertainment. Rome has finally moved beyond bread and circuses and has conquered the unquenchable mob.

This "Unthinking Majority" we have become is on a fast path to ruin. And we seek to bring all of creation down with us. We have become like Gollem. Refusing to cast that which destroys us into the fire forever. Instead, we will fall into the flames in ecstacy.