"I don't care what you're doing so much as the idiotic way you're doing it"

As most people who know me can tell you, I am always a fan of people going out and doing what is right. I’m also a fan of people making the lives of themselves and others not only easier, but better. Even small things receive the Davis seal of approval. I’m also an advocate of doing things your own way. There’s no single right way to change the world, and every life needs something different to help make it better. However, recent developments have caused me to think maybe there is a wrong way to make the world a better place.

There is a new video game coming out that is attempting to spread the word of God by putting players in the role of an acolyte of Christ. The player will then attempt to convert the non-believers and when they fail, there task is to execute the heathen. Now, I am all for spreading the word of whatever gods, goddesses, or spiritual greatness you believe in. That being said, I don’t think you should do it by encouraging people of other faiths to “assimilate or die.”

Now, I’m not trying to pass judgment here. While I don’t approve of the game and the things it is attempting to propagate, I also know that all these developers have done is the same thing we all have done at one time or another. Who of us hasn’t at one time or another thought, “If everything was just done the way I do it, it would be easier for everyone.” Whether it was something at work, something in our day to day lives, or anything else that we believe in, we are all guilty of this same thing. And that is where the issue needs to be corrected. We as a people don’t need to go out and change other peoples ways of thinking to our own, we need to accept that they think differently and change our way of thinking about their beliefs.

The world is a diverse and at times convoluted place. Different ideas work for different people. Different people have different ideas of what the meaning of life is. I think we need to spend time celebrating our differences and what makes each of us unique, but I also think that we, as members of the human race, need to find some sort of common ground and make strides to better the world to those ends.

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