Good and Evil - Age of Innocence

To begin, I believe that good and evil are illusions. Good and evil are concepts we invented ourselves for our own uses.

There is no God In Heaven who sends us to eternal reward or damnation because we are good or evil.

I believe that somewhere in early human evolution, as our intellects developed, we began making value judgements about our world based on how various experiences affected us.

At first, when we were innocent of this knowledge of good and evil, we felt at one with nature. We understood that the earth would feed us and provide for us.

When we were hungry, we hunted and gathered and ate.

We lived as all the other animals on the land. And I believe that we, like other animals, had a gut knowledge of how to survive and get our needs satisfied.

At one time we were at one with each other. We understood we were a community unit and we all belonged.

Later, as we evolved, we began to see ourselves as separate individuals. We began claiming property for ourselves. We claimed resources for ourselves. We build walls.

This growth from innocence is mirrored in the development of an infant as he grows into an independent personality.

This growth into separation was inevitable in our development but it also was a step away from the understanding that the earth would still provide for all that we need. And a step away from the understanding that we are all one family.

One.

      ----Cosmic Grandpa