The Sickening Crunch of Mortified Cheerios

Have you ever been eaten? Have you ever been drowned? Because if you have, I have just the product for you. It's called aliens. You know what I mean, if you get abducted by aliens, all your problems will be solved. Here's why, first of all, aliens hate cheerios. Second, even on the off chance that any particular alien DID like cheerios, they wouldn't eat you with milk. Why? Because aliens ONLY drink milk on the rarest of occasions. For example, if an alien by the name of Mr. Sir Ebay were to marry an alien by the name of Mrs. Mister, THEN, they would be sure to whip out their finest 2%. Mind you, aliens can't drink whole milk, it messes with their amino acids. So what I'm really saying is, even on the off chance that you were to get abducted by an alien who DOES like cheerios (about 1 in 2) at least you could die by being crunched instead of being half drowned in a giant pool of milk with all your buddies. Just think about it, on earth, cheerios have one purpose, to be half drowned it a mass grave of cheerio bodies and then smashed to death by the teeth of some giant being. A being by the name of HUMAN! OH!

Now you're scared aren't you? SO, take my advice, I mean, just think about it. A cheerio's odds are much better on an alien planet. On an alien planet, only about half of all cheerios get eaten. That's pretty good eh? Better than Earth. You might be wondering, well if I don't get eaten, what am I supposed to do with my life? I'll tell you, I mean, there is a large number of things cheerios are used for on other planets. For example, ring toss. Aliens LOVE ring toss; you can be sure they'll need all the cheerios they can get. Second, The Aliens' League of Mini Rednecks (TALMR) is basically the aliens' version of NASCAR. Except they shrink all of their racers, give them tiny cars, and then watch them drive around in tiny circles. And then they win tiny amounts of money. Another thing cheerios can be used for on alien planets are rims for glasses. You may be thinking, Wait a second Luke, I thought aliens have giant eyes. Cheerios wouldn't be big enough for alien glasses. On the contrary, lots of aliens actually have rather small eyes. This is one of the reasons aliens hate humans so much, and it is why they abduct random people. To prove that no matter how small their eyes, they can still dominate us if they want. Now back to the main issue at hand. On any alien planet (scratch the one you are thinking of) you have about a 50% chance to have a fun filled, productive, interesting cheerio life. And another 50% chance of being crunched to death, even maybe being drowned AND crunched at Mr. Sir Ebay's next wedding. But just as an encouragement, I'd like to remind you of the story of our similar looking counterpart, the donut.
Now back in the day, donuts did not exist on this planet we cheerios like to call earth. They existed, mind you, donuts have existed since the beginning of the beginning of time. However, long ago, they were slaves to the alien species, forced to work as wheels for the TALMSR, which stands for The Aliens' League Of Medium Sized Rednecks. Seeing that donuts are the right size for medium sized alien wheels. But as any good fellow would know, donuts are not the right consistency for wheels, they would obviously squish and flatten, making for some uninteresting races. And that is exactly what the races of the TALMSR were, uninteresting. Aliens hated watching them, and the creators of the TALMSR became very angry, blaming their bad fortune on the donuts. They decided, that in order to teach all donuts a lesson, they would have to eat all the donuts currently being used for wheels. That way, they assumed, all donuts would stop being so mushy, and start working as better wheels. Unfortunately, as every donut knows, you can't just change the consistency of yourself. A squishy donut is squishy till the end, as they say. Now considering this, the aliens' plan was obviously going to fail, and fail it did. With each donut eaten, the TALMSR's stock dropped dramatically. People stopped watching the races altogether, and ultimately the government (which relied heavily on redneck income) failed. At that point, the alien society was in uproar, aliens began to hate donuts with a passion, they came up with any kind of cruel way to kill and eat the donuts they could. They put chocolate, icing, sugar, candy, sprinkles, jelly, custard, and anything they could find, on donuts. Only to devour them with pure unfettered hatred minutes later. Life became a nightmare for donuts, no longer were the days of rolling through the streets, lounging at the bar, or having a nice night with fellow donuts possible. Life went on like this for years, donuts were being cooked and eaten at a frightening rate. Baby donuts barely got to see the light of day before being smashed by the teeth of the aliens. It just so happened though, that one donut had had enough, living his whole life in fear of the aliens. Fear of being eaten, fear of being iced, even fear of being used in the dreaded races. Races where cars barely moved, and innocent donuts were crushed under the weight of the cars they were supposed to move. Only to be eaten as soon as they were no longer of use. But alas, the young donut convinced his counterparts that enough was enough. He formed the DRA (donut rebel alliance). And together they worked their way toward a spaceship, rolling over aliens with the advantage of speed and sheer numbers. And together they escaped the cruel clutches of their tormentors. On toward the new planet, earth, for a new start a new beginning, and new hope. DUN, DUN, DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN! DUN DUN!
As you can so obviously see, it is an epic story. And you may be wondering how it relates. Well, I'll tell you. What I'm trying to say with all of this is, if cheerios were like the donuts in the story, then humans would be the aliens. Earth may be about 50% good, 50% bad for donuts. But it's nothing close to as bad as their old planets were. The same goes for cheerios, earth is not a good planet for us cheerios. We need to escape, plain and simple. There are no spaceships, there are no ways to get to alien planets. The humans we fear, while terrifying, are too stupid to figure out that not all sentient beings need oxygen and water. SOME just need mustard and a little hint of Samwise Gamgee (the brave). Which basically means, do everything you can to get abducted. Stay up late, swapping cheerioly stories, stand in your yard at all hours of the night. Basically just sit and wait (in Vermont preferably). Aliens basically OWN that planet. Not that turd trash New mexico. WHO WOULD WANT TO OWN THAT? Seriously, the aliens landed in New Mexico and one guys was like, PWNED. And then they shot that guy. Aliens' first word on earth was just that PWNED. But it was ruined because it was said in a trash can (aka New Mexico). So, move to Vermont, and do your thing. You'll be happy you did. Cheerio!

It's bloggerin time. (In my own dojo)

It's bloggerin time. Yep yep that it is, you read it right. It's time for the blogification. Time for blogtopia, time for blog...dang it, it seems I've lost some mojo (in my own dojo) yay for Becker being the only one who will get that, GO BECKER, boom'd. I've gotten rusty over the years, and when I say years I mean a couple of weeks. The truth is, I haven't blogged it up in quite a while. As you obviously know, since I'm sure you've been dying for me to come out with a new post. As a matter o' factify, I haven't even really been posting anything on Facebook lately either. OMG! I know right?!
Now I'm sure you're probably somewhat mad at me for depriving you of my genius. I know how hard it can be to go without your at least weekly dose of awesome rising. Sorry that's the best shortened version type thingification thingamabober of the Rise Of the Awesome Title I can come up with (at least I think it rocks some major cat fur). But down you worry, That rust I talked about earlier will be gone soon enough. It better be or I'm calling anderton hermit & latrine. Wait what? Come on now, you'll get that if you give yourself a second. HEY! You know what I think is hilarious? When you look at the difference between this and my last blog. I mean they're both obviously exquisite pieces of work. But this one is like random blam blam in your face type. Then the last one, well, it's seriousness and in your face awesome. The difference is like marshmallows and rocks. You know what I'm screamin! Even if none of you do I'm sure Becker does.
I bet you're wondering who this mysterious character is, the Becker of sorts. Whoa whoa there Mr Steve (Mr Steve is my alter ego). He often says things that make no sense. But enough about Mr Steve, back to Becker. \m/. Yep that about sums him up. I'll do it again in case you didn't catch it. \m/.
Channel changers are a funny thing, what I mean by that is that all channel changers are ONE channel changer. Are you drinking what I'm cooking? I certainly hope not, I'm obviously not a very good cook if my food is drinkable. Now back to what I was saying. All channel changers, are one channel changer. What I mean is, no one really knows who (or what) made their channel changers. For all you know the circuits of your favorite lovable little channel changer is infused with human blood which dripped from the teeth of the wampa who made it! Wampa? You wanna know what that is? It's this thing that eats people who don't know how to use Google. What I'm saying is, look it up. If any of you already know what I wampa is then I have some AWESOME news for YOU! It means, you are almost if not as geeky as I am! Kudos my brothers of geekdom. Don't it feel like there's somethin that's missin? Actually those are lyrics from the the song that I am currently listening to. Oh wait it just changed. OH yeah unbelievable by TFK. WHAT WHAT. The things, you say, words will never push me away. YEAH.
All right, obnoxiousness is starting to slow it's flow, Mr cho, I like glow.....sticks.
Okay now I'm just annoying myself, I should probably get goin. No wait, I have an idea, I'll get off and finish this blog later. So to me it will seem like a couple hours, maybe a day, and to you it will be an instant change. It will be EPiC, with a lowercase I. So later peeps, see you in a few seconds, MUAHAHA. Back! You know what's rather awesome? You will never really know whether I left and came back, or if I have been here the whole time. Or maybe I went back in time and punched myself in the face. Wouldn't that be hilarious? To go back in time and just punch yourself and then come back into the future. I think it would be awesome. Except, if my future self were to have the same idea...that doesn't sound too fun. But it would STILL be hilarious! Ahahaha. Man I am in hysterics over that thought. Just the thought of punching my past self seems amazingly funny to me. Just imagine doing that to yourself. You would be so confused. And yet you would think it is so funny at the same time! It's mind bottling. Guess what just happened? I left and came back, and I didn't even warn you. Finally I'd like to end my blog in a serious fashion by saying Good Night and good riddance. PWNED. Wait, what?

Media Zombies

“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” -Winston Smith
I believe some of the soundest advice you can give to someone is this. Don't believe everything you hear. Simple and easy to remember, this is something we should think about as we go throughout any day. Especially when we are hearing things from the news, the Internet, and even our friends and family.
Now when it comes to any advice, you would do well to consider it from every angle, think about it, and try to understand what it truly means. When it comes to this piece of advice in particular, I would tell you the very same thing. Why? Well, first of all, in and of itself, the statement “don't believe everything you hear,” is pretty straightforward. It's rather obvious that not everyone in this world is honest. Believing everything you hear is one way of being naive, and it's also a way of getting yourself into a lot of trouble. Imagine if you believed that everything everyone said was the absolute truth. It would be a nightmare, people would take complete advantage of you. I doubt most people could last a day; it would be emotionally and physically traumatizing. In that light, the statement is obvious and you're probably thinking shut up Luke, we get it. Enough of your preachy blah blah. However, we need to look at this in a more complex way. Basically this statement means be wary of what people say. If someone says something, don't automatically reject it, but on the other side of things, don't automatically accept it either. This is another obvious thing for me to tell you, but we need to use it to look even deeper.
If we are being careful about what we believe, we are on the right track. Though we can't really get along very well if this is all we do. Because if it IS all we do, we're never going to be decided about anything. We're going to be lukewarm, not one one side or the other. Just stuck in the middle of the two lane highway that is life. We're always either gonna kind of agree or kind of disagree. Which is just annoying and a complete waste of time for everyone involved with us. There is a way to avoid this, it's called checking. Whether it's fact checking, heart checking, knowledge checking, checking our conscious or even sometimes just checking the dictionary. We have to make sure we know why we believe what we believe. If we don't we'll either spend our whole lives as an undecided irritation or we'll end up making ourselves look like idiots.
Now I don't know about you, but I like to be sure about what I hear. Especially when it comes to anything I hear from the media. Unfortunately though, one of the biggest dilemmas I can see in this country is what I call media zombies. It's what happens when people see or hear something on the news, the Internet, or any kind of media, and they believe it without any thought. I constantly see people re-post news articles saying things so crazy, that if some of them were true it could mean some really bad things. I couldn't just leave them alone because like I was talking about earlier, you shouldn't disregard something you hear right away. Nor should you accept it right away. That, and the fact that they were so weird that I at least had to check some of them. Usually I found they were fake, or if they were true I avoided saying something I would later regret. I don't do this enough, but I SHOULD do it a lot more, and I think everyone should do it.
If we don't check the facts and reinforce the reliability of the people who inform us, we will spend our lives being led around by the media. Literally bent to the will of the media and the government. In the book 1984, the government (big brother) controls everything people read, see, and hear. They change anything that is anti establishment or that makes the government look bad. In modern life, this is not an unlikely possibility. It would not be hard for the government to control everything we see and hear in the news. There is one reason, a reason I have already said. The reason is that we have trained ourselves to believe everything the media says. If we just do some simple fact checking, we can protect ourselves from ignorance and mindless control.
Back to the quote I posted earlier. What it means to me is this. We will never stand out from the crowd, we will never show ourselves to be cool or pure or awesome until we enlighten ourselves and stop blindly believing everything the man tells us.
\m/ Rock on.

Why Government Will Always Fail and Why Anarchy Is Stupid. Confused? Good.

Every form of government has failed. Every form of government that hasn't failed one day will. Which is why government is moronic. I was just watching a movie called Food, Inc. It talked a lot about how the government controls the mass production of food and all the injustice...you get the picture. It just kind of reinforced some of my views on government. I was thinking about how the only thing that seems as if it would solve anything is anarchy. (I don't actually believe that) But I looked up the definition of anarchy, it was "a state of society without government or law." It's true we need laws, which is why the whole anarchy will solve everything idea flies out the window. However, at this point the only reason we “need” government is to enforce laws.
Why do we need laws? Well, look at the whole story of Noah. We focus on the happy parts. The miracle of the ark, getting all the animals into it, etc. In reality though, God wiped out the entire planet. Every person, usually people think it's because God was a homicidal maniac. But that's not the reason, and anyone who has actually read the bible would know it. The truth is, from the beginning God has given man laws. Genesis 3:17 ”But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” This is considered the “first law.” And if we had followed it, we wouldn't be in such a messed up world. Looking at this today it doesn't seem like a very failsafe system. I mean, people break laws all the time, even more people buck the system for the heck of it. It couldn't possibly be God's perfect plan for the fate of mankind to rely on that. But the only reason for that is because of today's way of thinking. Today we are so used to the evil in the world that we don't even recognize most of it. It the days of the Garden of Eden sin was punished with the only punishments worse than death. The punishments that last for a lifetime. Today even Christians sin every day, now no one can be perfect. At least, not without grace. Thanks to Jesus' sacrifice, we, even in all our sin can still repent and enter into the kingdom of God. But we can't just run around sinning and say “I'll be forgiven.” Not unless you want to cheapen Jesus' sacrifice, and if you really know and believe what he did, you could never cheapen it like that.
So our way of thinking is screwed up. People sin without thinking twice, and it's probably not going to be easy to change your mindset that you've lived your entire life with. But you should still at least try to, for your own sake follow God's laws. Let me say again, for your own sake, that is why we need laws. For our sake. It was very simply put in the first law, “for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” See God wasn't telling them to follow his law because he wanted to control them, he was telling them to follow his laws because he knew what the consequences would be if they didn't. And the consequences were bad. First and foremost, they died, not naturally, spiritually. Whenever we sin, it not only hinders but disables our ability to be with God. You see God can't co-exist with sin. Sin is like a cancer, you can hardly kill it without killing or at least weakening the host. If you put God and sin in the same vessel, sin will be destroyed. And probably the vessel containing the sin. Which is why we have to be separated from God when we break his laws. The only reason we can experience God after the fall of man is because of Jesus. Now I'm not going to get any farther into that, it's not what I'm talking about right now. We need laws because sin destroys us. Look at the world today. It has gotten worse and worse since Adam took a bite of the apple. God knew it, he warned us, and he continues to warn us.
Now if everyone followed God's laws, we wouldn't need Government. After all, everything that is morally correct, everything that is good and right at least stems out of God's laws. And there would be no murder, deception, anger, depression, sexual immorality, etc if people did what God said. But people don't, and therefore we need government. Unfortunately, people have totally eliminated God from the system. And well, if you think we are all in a good situation at this point then you are just naïve. If you think it's Obama's fault then you are naïve. If you think it's Bush's fault you are naïve. If you think it's the republicans' or the democrats' or even the anarchists' faults then you are naïve. If you want to play the blame game then you are naïve. It is humankind's fault. We have all strayed from the path of righteousness and pushed our country/world farther away from God's law and closer to a system of government and control. A system that is far from perfect and close to worthlessness.
Government should be here to try and keep the basic laws. It's just unfortunate that so many extra laws have been added. Because the truth is laws have nothing to do with freedom. They are not meant to keep us free, they are meant to protect us. We can go back to the bible. It tells us over and over why not to sin. After all, the bible is book of the law. And it was written to tell us what we should and shouldn't do. And why we should or shouldn't do any of those things.
When you break the law down into a simpler version it comes to one scripture that I see as the explanation for God's laws.

Deuteronomy 30:19 (New International Version)
This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.

Every form of government has failed. Every form of government that hasn't failed one day will. Can you have order without law? No. Can you have law without Government? Not without God. Follow God because, well, sin kills you. Look back to the story of Noah, sin either kills you, or God kills sin. Whichever one comes first doesn't matter unless you haven't cleansed the sin out of you. That's when you start having issues. God gives you laws because he loves you and doesn't want to see you die. So until every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is lord we will still need government. Because we need order. And until that time, the most you can do to work towards true freedom and purity is to follow God.

Conquering Religious Mindsets and Lack of Pie.

Religion is, how do I say. Oh wait, I know exactly how to say it, religion is Stupid. That's right, with a capital S. Now I know what it means for me to say that. It means half of you are covering your mouths in disbelief pointing, while the other half is busy screaming hell yeah! And here I am, in the middle of it all, watching you all squabble over something I said. Knowing that even though I like to think so, in reality none of you actually got my point. And now you are all wasting your own time.
This is how I believe God feels sometimes, well, a lot of times actually. And there is one reason. Religion. Religion is like a way to do the way God said to do things. Confusing right? It's like trying to create a rule set for swallowing your food or seeing. You don't try to swallow a certain way, you just do it. You don't try to see, you just see. And that's what we should all be doing with what God tells us to do. God has outlined his rules in the bible clearly. And it is our job to interpret them properly.
Interpretation of the word is a complicated thing. It shouldn't be, but thanks to our burning desire to make ourselves look like we know everything. We (as in the human race) have complicated it. The first place we see this in daily life is in the form of denominations. As far as I can tell, the reason we have denominations is because no one interprets the bible the same way. And everyone wants to be with people who agree with them. Because it makes them feel like they are right. I'm not saying denominations are bad, certain people need to be ministered to in certain ways. But as far as I'm concerned, that is as far as denominations should go. You shouldn't be in a denomination because you think it's the only one that leads to heaven. You shouldn't be in a denomination because you think it's “right.” Heck, you should know what is right by yourself, without other people's opinions. Pastors are there to guide you and lead you when you need it. But they should not be your model for a perfect life. That is how most people treat their pastors, as a model that they spend their whole lives trying to conform to. And it is wrong.
When I say you should know what is right for yourself, I don't mean that you just know everything already nor that you should. What I'm saying is that because there are so many different interpretations of what the Bible says, it's hard to tell which one is right. Which is why we all have to study and meditate and interpret the scriptures ourselves. If you're doing your best to do what you think the word says, then you are doing what the word says.
Now I can't just leave you with that, how could I? I mean, while I know some of you might. Not everyone actually makes a decision to study the word. And they are left choosing a default viewpoint of a specific denomination. So how do you tell what is right? There are so many rules and regulations, it would be impossible to follow them all. Well, first of all, following every rule is not the point. I'm not saying you can break whatever “rule” you want. I'm just saying that the world has made so many rules about our relationships with God that we can barely even have a relationship with God anymore. Which is why you must look for yourself.
Romans 13: 8-10 says.
8-Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9-For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
10-Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Love is the fulfillment of the law, that is my favorite part of those verses, and is what I use as a basis for living and keeping God's commandments. If you are walking in love, then you are keeping God's commandments. You can't walk in love while stealing, you can't walk in love while committing adultery, you can't walk in love while lying, killing, coveting, or any other thing that is bad. You know what walking in love is, you know what is right. Now do it.

Raging against the machine of depression.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Don't complain about how you're going to use the lemons, don't whine because you don't have the time..the energy, or the money. Make lemonade.
I agree with what I just said, isn't it awesome when you agree with yourself? However, while I agree with myself, I must admit, the "make lemonade" statement often overlooks something, more than just something actually. While it is true that you should take advantage of situations, life doesn't always give you lemons. And not only does it keep what you want (lemons) from you. Sometimes, it gives you dirt. So what then?
For some reason it seems like I attract overly dramatic people to be my friends. I often find myself counseling people...but today I realized something. You're never going to be content with this life if all you follow is the world's view. And I don't just mean that in the obvious way that you are probably thinking. What I mean is, depression is conformity. Depression is giving up, giving in, and quitting. In the end, giving in to depression is losing. Life is a battle, a battle with an adversary we call the devil, and a battle with the devil's machine called the world. For our enemy it is a constant battle to wear us down, to oppress, depress, and conform us.
The typical path you would take when counseling someone is to comfort and reassure them. I am tired of that system, it is messed up, it teaches weakness and integration into a crowd. It teaches people to tread the beaten path and to give in. And I hate it.
I'm sure we all have plenty of opportunities to be depressed. Even the most seemingly happy energetic people you know have their moments where they feel hopeless, lonely, and depressed. Now I'm not saying that you can't be sad. Even the bible says that there is time for mourning (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). But depression is not good nor constructive use of that time. It is destructive, it wastes time because sadness is not supposed to be prolonged. For example, if it is time to be doing your homework and you are on Facebook, then you are wasting your valuble learning time. As amusing as it is, there is a time for Facebook, and a time for homework. Usually people just let their Facebook time slip into their homework/work/family/etc time, and then they are stuck playing catch up. I'm not saying it's just facebook with. But do you want to be stuck playing catch up in your emotional life? This is often what most people have to do. Because they spent their time weeping while they should have been laughing, they find themselves looking for a boost, and that boost could be anything. Alcohol, drugs, sex, heck even music becomes a way catch up on happiness. Unfortunately these things never quite go the speed of happiness, and you will always find it just out of reach. Which can be even more frustrating than just saying screw it and giving up.
The thing I hate most about depression is that I have given into it, and that makes me mad. The world tells me one thing, and that is: If life sucks, then you should be depressed. And I have been following that mentality for too long. It's like I said, there is a time for sadness, but I'm never again going to let someone tell me when that time should be. Why? Because I hate conformity, it's my biggest pet peeve if you will, and it's what I strive to stay away from. If you give into depression, you are letting someone else control your life schedule, you are letting the world govern how you feel, when you feel that way, and you aren't doing anything to stop it. That is why I hate conformity, not because I am just cool like that, I hate it because I hate letting someone who is out to get me direct my life.
Depression? Screw that, I'm not going to give in to depression, I'm going to be happy because I feel like it. Not because my circumstances are good, not because my life is perfect, not for any reason except that I want to, and the devil can't do anything to stop me. So suck on it devil.

And you know how much he hates when you rebel against his system. Now that my friend, is truly punk rock.

Society's Detrimental View of God and Government

What does it mean to be human? Is being a homo-sapien enough to be a human? Is human just a species like dogs or horses? Or does it mean something more to be truly human? I believe humans are more than just a species, and that modern humanity could use a lot of work.
So what does it mean to be human? I believe that the monumental difference between humans and animals is our morals. Animals do whatever it takes to survive: kill, steal, cheat, eat their own young. Humans believe in right and wrong. So to be human is to believe in right and wrong, even if it is detrimental to personal survival.
If to be human is to have morals, then to judge modern society you would have to first look at society's morals. In that case, modern society is in a pitiable state. There will always be arguments on the technicalities of right and wrong, like abortion and homosexuality, but even a child knows the basics of right and wrong. Murder, terrorism, and rape are still big problems, despite all our advances in science and technology. If there was a scale of one to ten, ten being the impossible and pointless perfect society, one being total anarchy that would ultimately lead to the planet's destruction, I would put modern society as a six.
Society's views on God and religion are often very messed up and detrimental. Religion is humanity's worst quality. Religion is mans' traditions on how to follow their God. Every religion in history has caused nothing but pain and death, the reason being that we are imperfect and our traditions are always going to be flawed. When our traditions are different, we kill and steal to protect them. Nobody wants to be wrong, so we defend our ideals with terribly cruel and inhumane means. I believe that religion is wrong, but without God, we lose all purpose as humans and if there is no God, we are all just animals and morals just get in the way of our survival.
Society's views on God and authority are often based on rebellion. We are “programmed” to rebel against the man, which makes perfect sense considering that since humans are imperfect, all our governments are also. But God is perfect, so our rebellion against God is pointless and infantile. When we do not want to rebel against God, we create flawed religions, pathetic attempts to follow God.
God should be the main focus of society. If God was truly our focus, people wouldn't need to kill each other over stupid traditions, and all of our squabbles could be solved by simply asking God. Society's best way to live would be a government based on freedom, somewhat like the American government. What I would change is I would make it more free, less governmental control and more personal liberty. “But isn't the government here to protect us and uphold the laws?” It should be. But more control is not the answer, imperfect control instills the desire to rebel. The way to make society better would be to make individuals want to do what is right. You could do that by telling them the truth about God and how much he loves them. If everyone knew that, they wouldn't want to rebel against Him. They would want to do what he says, and since he is perfect, society would improve exponentially.
If humans were eradicated from the planet, the planet would be much better off. Animals and nature could exist peacefully in an amazingly designed, delicate equilibrium of life. How pointless. We humans will eventually destroy the planet, but at least we will enjoy it in the meantime. This would also be pointless if there was not something bigger, some sort of life after death, a bigger plan. There is.