IRJ#20
The Key to Ultimate Power: Worshipers
In The Oxford Annotated Bible, God says to Abram, “And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” (Genesis 17.2). God tells all of his faithful followers that they will have multiple and numerous offspring. Why would God do that? He had already destroyed almost every living creature on Earth with a flood. But, God was not truly the great leader if he did not have any followers, therefore, he offered Abram an abundant amount of offspring. However, God did not really care about Abram’s well being; he cared about the minions Abram would produce for him.
I believe that in most cases, nations with the most faithful followers possess the most powerful leaders. For example, the president of the United Sates of America stands as one of the most important leaders of the world. I think that this is because many of America’s citizens collaborate well together to form strongly bonded communities. These communities work together to raise money and support their leaders and nations, and because of America’s huge population, many chances for these groups to from come by. I think that when people work together for a common goal, they reach it much more quickly and easily than if they were to work alone.
Proposition: For the progress of our world, people must work together to support the leaders they want even though it may cause conflict between other parties.
I strongly agree with your ideas about God and his covenant with Abram but, as for people following always following their leaders, that’s where my opinion differs. Although the proposition does make sense and would work if knew what the future held for us.
But, because we are unaware and we live life for every next second doubt and self-opinions are important because without them we would be living in a single-track society where everyone thought and believed what others told them.
For example, if no one stood up and no one rebelled Hitler’s mindset would still be influencing the horrific events that occurred in the Holocaust. There would still be Japanese internment camps in the United States, and last but definitely not least we would still be living in a segregated world.
For these reasons, I believe that you should decide who is ethically and morally a good leader and follow them but, if you hold different opinions do not be ashamed to point them out. In the end, a little bit of constructive criticism never hurts.
sarahm2013
February 22, 2010