Are you worthy or worthless?

By Al S. Mendoza

IN 1381, a guy named John Ball said: “From the beginning all were created equal by nature, slavery was introduced through the unjust oppression of worthless men, against the will of God; for if God had wanted to create slaves, he would surely have decided at the beginning of  the world who was to be slave and master.”

Why we have evil in our midst is something that I believe is not the work of God. 

It is, in the words of John Ball, the work of “worthless men.”

Worthless men they are because they are of no use to their fellow men.  They are not even fit to live for their worth is the equivalent of dirt. Thrash. Garbage.

John Ball said his piece nearly 600 years ago.

Alas, it is still valid today because of worthless men roaming the earth.

John Ball talked of oppression nearly 600 years ago and today, people still talk about it – oppression being dreaded like the bubonic plague before, still dreaded like the AIDS epidemic today.

To be called a worthless man can be the cruelest label one could get.

It is easy to be worthless.  Just -do evil, period.

Take advantage of the weak. 

Inflict 5-6 to your neighbors.

Be selfish to strangers.

Tell lies to the people.

Hurt your parents.

Maltreat your house help.

Don’t give when asked to give – even if you have spare money.

Ignore the beggar, especially the blind.

Always, evil is the result of a bad deed.

It is easy to do evil.  Just close your eyes to anything good, turn your back to anything good, avoid helping the needy.

It is said   that evil men, worthless men if you will, triumph because of the silence of good men.

I find it ironic that when a good man – usually the apolitical – tries to enter politics, we dissuade him from doing so.

More ironic is when a good man – like a boxer maybe as in the mould of Manny Pacquiao – tries to throw his hat into the political arena, we are the first to stop him from doing so.

Politics is that dirty a game that we want to preserve the goodness of a man by discouraging him from entering politics?

 They say that if you hate someone, encourage him, push him to run for a public office.

If politics is that dirty, dreaded and demonic, why don’t we outlaw it?

Is politics the work of worthless men?

It is, I guess, if we go by the standards set forth by many of our crop of politicians – past and present.  You can count with your fingers the truly worthy men elected by our people.

Today being Easter Sunday – the day Christendom celebrates life as epitomized by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ – let’s pause a little and reflect on what we’ve done thus far to make the world a better place to live in.

Let’s begin by cutting our ties with the worthless men.

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