Apocalypse

There was a thought I couldn’t get rid of last night...I thought of people...people that are so rich their money wouldn’t fit in a very large room, and people so poor their whole fortune would fit in match box. And then...something hit me… the thought about those poor people. They seem to have a life that no one in the middle or upper class could imagine. And when I say middle class I mean the people that barely hold their existence every day. I thought of that because I read an article that said 1 billion people are starving. That means 1 of 6 people don’t have a thing to eat every day...So, how bad can life get? Above starvation in the suffering classification....how bad can life get? What if this is as good as it gets? We are given the freedom to have all the things we value. We have only ourselves to blame if those things don’t happen for us. So, if we have everything, what if this is a kind of „heaven”? How can we tell those starving people that THIS is heaven??? And that they’re to blame for starvation? There are many reasons to say that this is or isn’t heaven...even a starving man (or woman...or maybe they can more) enjoy the simple pleasures of life. What is so great about the simple pleasures? Some would say that they are the ultimate reason to live. That conservation instinct that keeps even the most depressed from jumping into suicide. That’s what simple facts of life can do...Then...there’s another question...what if heaven and hell don’t exist? Do we have to/need to believe there’s something better and something worse to keep us from doing what we think it’s worse so we don’t get to a worse place after death? And is there a better place for us if we respect the rules of society? Perhaps people should believe in heaven and hell for this simple reason: if we don’t believe there’s heaven and hell than chaos and disobedience for society rules would destroy us. Is this the imminent Apocalypse? Is the Apocalypse the moment people realize they’ve been lied to by other people, even though maybe those people only wanted to avoid chaos? This series of rhetorical questions is only meant to confuse...but seem right to people that actually think...