On This Earth

"This planet you call Earth....

Tell me, what is it like?"

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"It's a complex universe,

filled with joys, creation, 

amazement, but also horrors.

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It's where life can be lived for

as long as a hundred years,

or denied in months by choice.

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Its history includes brutality,

barbarianism, mass murders,

assorted violence, and Holocausts.

But it also includes celebrations, great

achievements, and inventions."

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"And the ones called people,

what are they like as individuals?"

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"They are as diverse as the stars.

They can link like chains in groups

in thought and beliefs.

They can be altruistic, benevolent,

and display nobility.

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Or...

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they can destroy others of their own kind 

out of frustration, fear, or prejudice. 

They can be selfish and deceptive;

they can be monstrous and end the lives

of innocents. They can be corrupt

and unfair."

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"And this Earth.... it is considered worthy

of existence?"

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"As all planets are."

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"And what of this God?

What is He?"

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"He is.....or He isn't.

It is a choice of belief.

It is a choice that has led to

the death of so many."

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"So tell me, would you live 

there on planet Earth?"

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