Why destroy it.
I mean we are beautiful,
why kill each other.
I mean beautiful world,
why destroy it with wars.
Can we not be happy.
It,s easy to destroy but hard to build.
It's is only matter of understanding,
if we only knew.
God help us.
2006-06-17 06:32:07 · 8 answers · asked by technocase 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Life isn't so simple. Think of the most beautiful creature that you know. Chances are, it's alive because of the death and/or destruction of other things. Fields of wheat are often considered beautiful, yet have been destroyed by swarms of grasshoppers and even crickets. Although not everyone agrees, grasshoppers and crickets are rather remarkable creatures, and beautiful in their own right. Grasshoppers and crickets are in turn killed and eaten by road-runners, praying mantises, robins, and many other creatures that are often considered beautiful. Again, many of these creatures are killed by still other creatures that are considered beautiful and inspiring, such as hawks, falcons, foxes, eagles, coyotes, and even housecats.
Most if not all beautiful things in the wild exist by virtue of the destruction of other beautiful things.
The common western philosophical view of the world is inconsistent with nature. We often admire beauty while wishing that it would remain forever. This is not what the world shows us. Beauty is transitive, and the transitive nature of beauty can itself be beautiful. For example, although apples are beautiful, the process of destroying them through consuming them can also be considered "beautiful" (in an abstract sense) to the taste. Even the waste as it comes from our bodies, while not beautiful to us, is certainly attractive to other animals. The smell must be as alluring to flies as the most tempting home-cooked meal is to us. Knowing that helps me to appreciate the beauty of our world even more.
As another example, aspen leaves are beautiful while they are budding, they are beautiful while they are fully developed on the tree, they are beautiful when they change colors as they die, and the decomposed skeletons of the leaves are likewise beautiful. Not only is each stage individually beautiful, but the entire process can be appreciated as beautiful.
Even the rocks and ground itself is in constant transition. The grand canyon exists where once was a field. The flat-irons in Boulder, CO were once bedrock. Butterflies were once caterpillars.
Now, I am personally against war, and I have a hard time killing even the most annoying of flies. Random destruction is not beautiful to me. However, I wish to point out that the destruction of beauty is not by nature ugly or unhappy. Arguments against war must come from another source.
2006-06-17 07:07:32 · answer #1 · answered by HCP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace,friend.
2006-06-17 06:35:50 · answer #2 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen "Lord of the Rings"? The world is full of Orcs and the Fellowship is us-so few Vs so many!
2006-06-17 06:44:42 · answer #3 · answered by maggie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right
2006-06-17 06:35:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice sentiments. Unfortunately they prove that this world is not wholly beautiful.
2006-06-17 06:37:57 · answer #5 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is so much beauty we take it for granted, and therefore ignore it and therefore don't think it needs to be cherished and safeguarded.
2006-06-17 06:59:36 · answer #6 · answered by ivallrod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when god made the world it was beautiful but ever since he put man on it they've distroyed it with pollution and buildings and industry
2006-06-17 06:43:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a question, where is the question mark?
2006-06-17 06:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋