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Does There Have To Be A Why
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Friday, May 27, 2022    Rated "G" by the Author.
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-- Does There Have to Be a Why –

John Herlihy

 

Storm clouds overshadow the blue patch of sky.

Does there have to be a why?

Night darkens the day; moonlight illuminates the night.

Does there have to be a why?

The seasons bring change; nothing stays the same.

Does there have to be a why?

How the sunrise fog roams quiet through the foothills.

Does there have to be a why?

The cruel attempt for some to wantonly inflict wounds.

Doesn’t there have to be a why?

When all else fails, what is left to fail is hope.

Doesn’t there have to be a why?

What about all the ugly, useless suffering in the world.

Doesn’t there have to be a why?

Or all the aggressive lies and hypocrisy posturing as truth.

Doesn’t there have to be a why?

Only humans have the gift of finding wisdom in the world.

For that, there doesn’t have to be a why.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Sunday 12 September 2021


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 Reviews of "Does There Have To Be A Why"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on June 16, 2022
YES, JOHN...THERE ALWAYS WILL BE...A WHY. THIS IS HOW BABIES AND CHILDREN LEARN...THEY SEE OR HEAR SOMETHING AND THEIR CURIOSITY IS STIRRED AND THEY ASK MOMMY AND DADDY, WHY. I AM THANKING GOD FOR THOSE HUMANS WHO HAVE FOUND WISDOM IN THE WORLD AND DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY DID IT? BECAUSE THEY DARED TO SEEK AND FOUND THE ANSWERS TO....WHY. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on May 27, 2022
I have found that when science and the scientific method are applied to specific hypotheses, the why is revealed and published for all to learn from it. I have also found that common sense, generally the result of similar peoples' view on a particular idea, is often wrong and easily proven wrong by science.

Unfortunately, science has given us technologies that often can be used for good or bad, and, often, for both. For example, dropping two atom bombs on the industrial cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was a good thing for both countries. Ending World War II decisively and saving countless Japanese and American soldiers in a land invasion. But for the hapless occupants of those two cities, the horror was unmentionable and for the survivors, lived on in agony for lost loved ones and cancers caused by mutations from exposure to radiation.

Wisdom would require removal of all nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, some of the worst countries in the world with unstable leadership, continue to make them as in a race to the apocalypse.

Ron


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