Ethan the theologian.

Sometimes I look the news and wonder what the world is coming to. So much suffering around, yet we are oblivious to the human struggle, at the comfort of our houses listening to Vivaldi*. Even if you knew, there is only so much you can do. Even if you do volunteer work to help the less fortunate, the feeling that your action isn't even making a dent at these social problems is overwhelming. Probably you would lose any faith you might have on what you are doing to help.

15 million CHILDREN dies every year due to hunger. Unlike adults, they really can't do anything for themselves. Now I could pull statistics for homeless, refugees, and so forth, but you know the numbers are staggering. It's a human catastrophe that most of us rather ignore.

I pretty sure you all saw the recent incident in Zimbabwe, where the government demolished "homes" of the poorest Zimbabweans, leaving them destitute and desperate. How much more can these people take? About 300,000 people are displaced, according to UN. They already had a miserable life, trying to make ends meet, and it's even worse now.

Don't you get a feeling of helplessness? These are problem that a far too great for us. We as individuals do not have to resources to help.

There are larger organization with commitment to help, but sometimes I wonder if their goals are not lost somewhere in the bureucracy of politics and missing funds.

Last thanksgiving I tried to do volunteer work, and guess what? They said I had no experience. Uhm? I understand they want things to be efficient through people that had previous experience with this, but this is ridiculous. It's not like there are tons of people willing to help out. It's not like they are some hot company with competitive pay where everyone is trying to get a position. It's freaking volunteer work!

Have you seen the all the restrictions when donating clothes to Salvation Army? Fantastic! Sometimes I just go there like 1AM and drop bags of clothes in front of their doors.

At Red Cross 97% are volunteer work, but makes you wonder how well are those 3% paid. I wouldn't mind with people getting paid, though allegations that people not receiving money from the 9-11 fund, money "locked" for future disasters from the 9-11 fund kind of makes you go hmmm.

So today I read Ephesians after gym, although I thought it would shed some light on the current events, it did not. Well not exactly, but there was a greater meaning to it that maybe encompasses everything at a greater level, that right now I'm not able to grasp.

Though I found Ephesians 5:22-33 interesting. Probably feminists would not be too happy about it. Plus, modern feminist movement is not about equality anymore, but its about power. No wonder some call them feminazi. Think about it. On domestic violence, when the man assaults the woman, they have plenty of shelters paid for by the government, while there isn't much for man when they are assaulted by the woman. It's so easy to see men as predators because "supposedly" we are stronger than women, yet in a fight, any sharp object turns into a weapon.

I'm up for equality, not power struggle.

Behave kids.

PS: I'm not being a posterboy for the charities :P

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