If the meek inherit the earth then we are valuing the wrong people when we study history, philosophy, and religion. The volunteer in the soup kitchen is more important than the president of the United States. The old man sharing life lessons with his children is more profound than Aristotle speaking in front of the Lyceum. The farmer at his prayers…..
Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Parable of the Madman, declared that God was dead. While ultimately thinking that God’s demise was a good thing, Nietzsche understood that the throne could not be left vacant and mankind would have to step up and assume all of God’s divine responsibilities. This raises a very important question; whom would you elect to that Divine…..