Drew, the world is what it is because this is what we made it. It doesn't have to get crazier and crazier. We are certainly fallible creatures, but we aren't completely helpless. If religion offers some help here, it is surely in its message of love and compassion. Those of us who aren't criminally insane ought to be able to find ways to accomodate each other and find the grounds that we share, rather than let what divides us be the only focus.PS: Lots of things are better-- less poverty, better health, more opportunity, less illiteracy.

Bill Ferguson