As we grow, do we intuitively develop a deep-seated desire to belong to and find security in the family structure and/or "tribe?" Are our fears of death and/or guilt artificially soothed by religion? Do we make ourselves feel more secure by degrading others? Is our communal lust for war a solution to our primal fears that were spawned by being rejected at birth? Can our logic, understanding and rationality supersede our mass quest for security through murder?
The answers to these questions and many more, are not for me to delve into with this short article. If I possibly strike a note of curiosity in some social scientist's mind, then I couldn't feel more rewarded. For as our time expires and mankind's quest to understand ourselves finds more resolution, maybe each of us can come to grips with the possibility that the reason we fear each other is because we were all born with an unrealized and counterproductive fear of being rejected. Perhaps mutually sympathetic awareness -- tinged with love -- is the ultimate life-saving antidote.
(Article changed on December 3, 2016 at 14:37)
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