Depending on your view, certain situations can appear to be
in complete chaos; for example the immigrant situation in the UK and the Isil
debacle in the Middle East. The Arab Spring has led to a breakdown of law and
order in Libya, and there are similar fractions around the world.
Underlying these disorders there are evil forces at work
that are fired and fuelled by ideologies, those who seek power and others who
exploit vast numbers of people. War and famine create instability; they bring
poverty, devastation and despair.
The Pope’s recent Encyclical focussed on climate change and
the link between it and the use of fossil fuels. Unusually, this Encyclical was
presented to the whole world rather
than exclusively to Catholic bishops for practical application within the RC
Church. According to the Pope, ‘human selfishness’ is to blame for climate
change, and he urges us to adopt a different lifestyle - one not based on consumerism
and greed, but in consideration for our children’s children, whereby we do not
plunder the world’s resources.
The world itself is in a state of chaos because of human
greed and a complete disregard of the ecosystem.
I am guilty of adding to the chaos by building a patio which
is unsympathetic to the natural world. Insects that would normally live in the
grass and under the earth of the lawn that was previously there will no longer
have a habitat. Birds and squirrels that found their food there will be
deprived of that parcel of their territory.
As a concomitant thought, my favourite blackbird continues
to sing throughout the day from morning to night, but for how long?
Links
Immigration News via the Telegraph
Latest News re Isil via the Telegraph
Arab Spring
News re Libya via the Guardian
Pope’s Encyclical
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