I used to think that everyone in the world were friends. I thought that everyone was a good, happy, christian person like me. I soon learned, that wasn't how things were. I didn't really know much about wars and all of the hatred between so many races, countries, and religious groups. Wouldn't it be nice if there was rriendship and peace between all six billion people who inhabited this Earth.
When I was young, I didn't know about WW1. Even when I was five, I didn't know what ecactly was going on with the World Trade Centers and Iraq. Eventually I started learning avout different religions, such as Catholocism and Judaism. I guess I could say that there were no worries in the world for me.
The other thing that I have now learned about is how religion is involved a lot in most of the wars that happen. Conflict now seems huge to me. I started to learn about the religious bombings and shootings that have happened in the past. In my mind I was saying "what the heck would somebody do that for? what a bunch of idiots. Why can't they be good like me and my friends"? Then I learned about certain religions.
As it turns out, in some religions it is good to walk into places with a bomb strapped to your chest. Apparently, many people did need to die in the Twin Towers. At least that is what the people who ran a plane into them thought. Who would have thought that to be true? You start to learn about the devastation of war and how much some countries hate each other. I was saying "wait a minute, your telling me that people ran planes into those buildings and killed other people on purpose?" Sometime life is very hard and very unfair.
Now I know all of this stuff. In school I learn about the wars, religions, devstation, and permanent affects of what has happened. Plus, some wars were for the good or at least better. For example, the civil war stoped slavery. To me that is a definate positive. Now things seem much more real to me. Sometimes I might think, is it better for me to not know anything bad and never be worried or is is better for me to know everything and be worried at times? I sure don't know the answer.
When I was young, I didn't know about WW1. Even when I was five, I didn't know what ecactly was going on with the World Trade Centers and Iraq. Eventually I started learning avout different religions, such as Catholocism and Judaism. I guess I could say that there were no worries in the world for me.
The other thing that I have now learned about is how religion is involved a lot in most of the wars that happen. Conflict now seems huge to me. I started to learn about the religious bombings and shootings that have happened in the past. In my mind I was saying "what the heck would somebody do that for? what a bunch of idiots. Why can't they be good like me and my friends"? Then I learned about certain religions.
As it turns out, in some religions it is good to walk into places with a bomb strapped to your chest. Apparently, many people did need to die in the Twin Towers. At least that is what the people who ran a plane into them thought. Who would have thought that to be true? You start to learn about the devastation of war and how much some countries hate each other. I was saying "wait a minute, your telling me that people ran planes into those buildings and killed other people on purpose?" Sometime life is very hard and very unfair.
Now I know all of this stuff. In school I learn about the wars, religions, devstation, and permanent affects of what has happened. Plus, some wars were for the good or at least better. For example, the civil war stoped slavery. To me that is a definate positive. Now things seem much more real to me. Sometimes I might think, is it better for me to not know anything bad and never be worried or is is better for me to know everything and be worried at times? I sure don't know the answer.
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