21st century Tribal Wars/"Wars"
vs.
Human's Evolution on Self Control
vs.
Human's Evolution on Self Control
to thousands of years, hundreds of thousands if not millions of years.
I personally don't believe in any religious conviction, I have a hard time coping with any culture and it surely messes up my brain whenever I listen to puzzling patriotic speeches set forward by confused old-timers i.e. about the national anthem not played well by our National guard (SMEF), about the lectures at English School, about the religion symbols and about numerous other "civilized" phobias. [I'm excluding the recent debate regarding the approach for revising the History books while even if ultimately could 'save' the minds & spirits of the next generations from deceptions and nationalistic fabrications, it is obvious that today's "genuine" attempts on behalf of AKEL shall only satisfy political agendas. Let's revert to this note on a later article].
And indeed, it is so frustrating & disappointing to having to listen to educated minds who shout out excessive views and believes, ignoring any other form of opinion.
Wise men, psychologists, philosophers and theologians have speculated about the definition 'Human' over the centuries, and still do, but the truth about the human may be found only through factual knowledge. That factual knowledge lies in a process called evolution. The human is what evolution made him. And that's where all this chauvinistic xenophobic talk emerges: Man has been a tribal animal since he first walked erect, more than four million years ago. Think about it for a second: 4,000,000 years ago!!! And what's today? Correct, you found it, it's 2009! Now, draw a line on a scale and note down the starting point as '4mil' and then the end point as '2009'.
For 4million years (minus 2009) there have been no flags or religions as we know today.
Let's just remind ourselves about some Evolutional facts:
· For two million years, the early hominid (pre-human) was a tribal animal
· During the next two million years the human was a tribal hunter/warrior, and he still is.
· For two million years, the early hominid (pre-human) was a tribal animal
· During the next two million years the human was a tribal hunter/warrior, and he still is.
Our Nature: All of the human’s social drives developed long before he developed intellectually. They are, therefore, instinctive or let's say Natural. Such instincts as mother-love, compassion, cooperation, curiosity, creativity and competitiveness are ancient and embedded in us humans. They were all necessary for the survival of the human and pre-human.
Our Intellect part: Since human social drives are instinctive (not intellectual), they do not necessarily require education. However, as with all other animals, proper behavior may only be obtained through training/education. The intellect, the magnitude of which separates the human from all other animals, developed slowly over the entire four million years of the human development.
The intellect developed as a control over instincts. The human is designed by nature to modify any instinctive behavior to one that would provide optimum benefit for his survivability.
This process is called self-control, and it is the major difference between the human and the lower order animals which latter apply only instinct to their behavioral decisions. Therefore, self-control should be the measuring stick of the human.
The more disciplined behavior displayed by an individual, the more intellectual he becomes.
The less disciplined behavior displayed by an individual, the more he becomes like the lower order animals that are lacking in intellect and are driven by their instincts.
The less disciplined behavior displayed by an individual, the more he becomes like the lower order animals that are lacking in intellect and are driven by their instincts.
Therefore, while criticizing all these multiform political & social issues arising on our daily chat-agenda, it is up to us to separate ourselves from the others
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