No matter which religion you use to frame your beliefs and values, and even if you don't use religion to frame your beliefs and values, this world is not ours. We are merely stewards of a creation thaNo matter which religion you use to frame your beliefs and values, and even if you don't use religion to frame your beliefs and values, this world is not ours. We are merely stewards of a creation that has been in existence a very long time, and our careful and deliberate stewardship matters.
That is one of many compelling arguments against racism, because what right do we have to value or devalue other human beings based upon either Providential or random events (such as race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color or even birth itself). Our place, manner and form in the Grand Scheme is either one or the other of those, and not one fully human, human being who's ever walked this earth had a say in the matter prior to their arrival on this orbiting orb....more