Civilization

Women have always been seen as the bearers of the Nature, whereas men have been seen as the bearers of the Civilization. What is the reason for this?
One theory says that each human being yearns for immortality. Women have reached this by having children. Giving life to a baby means sending a part of you to the future - a mother is reflected in her children - and their children - and their children - and so on, in the infinity. On the other hand, a man, with all the uncertainty of fatherhood that life brings, cannot look at his children as his continuation. Therefore, a man seeks for other ways to ensure his immortality. He does this by creating things - inventing, discovering, writing and so on. And in the course he creates Civilization with all its creature comforts.
However, Civilization in the current stage brings, apart from all the negative aspects raging from violence to exploitation of natural resources, something that men did not foresee: the emancipation of women. Just see - all the "less civilized" societies are patriarchal, but the more "civilized" a society is, the more power do its women want.
Funny, is it not? Only thanks to the creation of the men do women now have such power. I wonder if they realize it.

On Belief

I was not brought up to believe in God, or whatever god there might be. Many people in today's world do not go to church, I am not the only one. But even people who call themselves rational practise a belief.
In their case it is not belief in something supernatural. They (and I, too) believe in science. When you were ill in the Middle Ages, you prayed and hoped that God will help you. Nowadays, you go to the doctor and hope that she or he will help you in the same way. Like God, doctors practise an art that is impossible to understand for us, puny humans. All we can do is turn to the doctor in an unreserved trust that they will help us. And like with God, we are then frustrated and depressed when they will not.
The religion of today is the Science. There are people who try to explain the world not by the doings of God, but by what they call Laws of Nature. These laws, however logical they seem, are presented to children in schools as fact, even though they are only suggestions. Everyone should understand that what Science tells us is by no means definite. You can never tell whether in twenty years time there won't be someone who will find out that there is no such thing as DNA and that what we are like depends on how our mother felt during the pregnancy...