Global

Zachariah Acosta-Davis

Stephen Lehman

American Government

January 7, 2007

Global Community

The times are always desperate, the world is always in despair, and any other painful clichÐ"© of pessimism is all too easy to say in the current state of our world. Should I as an individual taught and rose on the Mennonite doctrine and pacifist values claim partly my responsibility to alter and change the state of the global community? With regards to my passionate pacifist ideals and to my complete lack of interest in international conversion to Christianity, I hesitate to say, "Yes."

Undoubtedly has an individual had an impact on international society, yet undoubtedly passionate zealotry has only put static to the message of a stable global community. I am not attempting to ruin the intentions of any missionary, in fact I have always agreed with the Mennonite Central Committee of the way going about teaching the gospel. I just believe rather than attempting to assimilate a foreign culture and forcing them to confirm to a religions ideal, we should find common ground with the morals and values we already share. I find it my responsibility not to implement my faith immediately in my actions towards another, yet to implement the before present values and morals we most likely share.

As an individual, how do I attempt to alter the sate of our world? As not only an individual, but also a single pigment of color on a spinning marble, how will I find it effective in changing present day society? Most of all of us have our mediums in which can be used to not only communicate but better our society, and if we don't have such medium most of all of us can find some error that needs change, some problem, some conflict, some plight where we