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Seeds-for-Thought
One
thing is certain...
We cannot repair our broken
culture through politics or religion, or by purposely dividing people
along artificially created ideologies. Complaining about the way
things are does nothing but turn us into hopeless cynics. Partisan
talk radio and television adds fuel to the fire and is a potent
enemy of free thought.
Western culture was built upon
high ideals that have evolved over the last two and a half thousand
years, and has contributed steadily to the social and technological
progress of the world. It first fashioned the ideas of freedom,
logic, human rights, science and democracy that we enjoy today.
Unfortunately, when the idea
of freedom is reduced to mere license or political bickering, if
it has no goal beyond itself, and fails to contribute to the enlightenment
and advancement of humanity, it leads to the degradation that we
see today — an embarrassment to the vision of our founders
and other great minds of the past.
It is time that we reclaim what
was lost, which means not only personal responsibility for ourselves,
but for defining what humanity according to virtues that we know
are true. In order to do that, we must reject the convenient taglines
used by politicians that stop us from thinking for ourselves.
Seeds-for-Thought aims
to serve not just as another partisan voice spewing discontent,
hoping to persuade others to follow like mindless sheep. It aims
to serve provide catalysts for thought that will encourage people
to think for themselves and reclaim the foundation of Western idealism
that can remedy these tumultuous times.
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