a brief one

As I watch the almost inconceivably varied ways in which humans currently kill, maim, torture, revile and debase each other, all in the name of various Gods, I am reminded that Richard Dawkins, author of "the God Delusion" has a great observation. I am paraphrasing, but essentially he says "Everyone is an atheist about all Gods except one. We atheists just take it one more step." "God is a concept by which we measure our pain" was a pretty sharp thought for a working-class kid from Liverpool. We come from Chimps (patriarchal, meat-eating, monogamous and warlike) and Bonobos (matriarchal, vegetarian, polyamorous and nurturing) so the question is, can the bonobos seduce the chimps before the chimps kill us all? First thing we have to deal with is there is a mix of chimp and bonobo in each one of us and I am trying very hard to get my inner bonobo to seduce my inner chimp...not sure how well that is working out. It is not too much of a stretch to say Bush is our collective Chimp and, perhaps, Obama can be our collective Bonobo?

Ultimately, if we believe in free will (and that's come into serious question!), the choice is ours...