Friday, January 28, 2011

Reason as a force (#728)

How we think and what we do with our thoughts is a right we presently enjoy with restrictions. The restrictions, have to do with living in a society that must take into account everyone's purpose to NOT harm themselves or others. As an American society we have evolved to a place that shows signs of improving and becoming a model for the rest of the world. For more than two and a third centuries, America has progressed with conviction and conscious toward improvement in areas of science, literature, humanities and even politics. We are a country that allows for any religious or non-religious view. We have set up a social structure that enables the unfortunate among us to sustain themselves as a bridge toward a better existence. Our individualness is encouraged in regards of innovation, commerce and self-improvement. Our country has a sense of flourishing hope for all who would make effort and achieve. There is much more but to the point, all of this is possible due to the consequence of reason. Reason has at it's roots the infallible paradigm of logic. As logic goes so follows reason in most every situation. There are times when logic is not enough and gut-instinct, intuition and serendipity come into play but for all, logic is included to some degree. Reason has not always been the staple of societies past and had to be fought for against forces that would negate it and subject us instead. We, as a nation, have fought tirelessly and successfully to claim victory for reason to be our American society's banner of thought and action and must still to this day defend reason as our guiding principle. There exist forces today that would turn from reason back to superstition and fear as a guiding principle for our country. As long as we are vigilant and stand as sentinels to protect our right to think and act through reason we will be able to defend reason with a clear perception of our purpose set in our minds.

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