I can't believe some people.

I was with friends last week, when I heard someone say that she would never allow her children to drink out of plastic bottles. When I pressed her for a reason, her response was 'I got an e-mail that I have to pass it on to all my e-mail contacts'. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!

When I looked this information up - I found that she was fooled by a hoax that was trying to scare people and get their e-mail addresses for unscrupulous purposes. As I was trying to explain the misinformation, she responded with 'I care about my children'; what response is that?

I was at a party recently, and I was part of a 'putting the world to rights' conversation with some old friends. One of them, a nihilist I believe, said a few pointless things. One thing was that he would not bring a child in to this dark, over populated world. This man is single - so what? He complained that over-population (depends what research you read) was Africa's fault, that too many children was causing their poverty, and they should restrict reproduction (which is like how China do things, and they are famed for their human rights abuses).

When I explained that the most populated continent is Europe, that infant mortality is high in a lot of African countries, and that life expectancy is shockingly low also (for example, Nigeria's is in the mid forties), and that poverty, not reproduction, is why people are poor, it stopped the conversation dead. I had proof, not anecdotes, and people became uncomfortable.

Seeing that religious people are suppose to be 'mad' and 'ignorant'. Yet the Bible say things like 'Seek the Truth, for the Truth will set you free'(John 8:32) or 'Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town centre she makes her speech... you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you... you wanted your own way - now, how do you look?' (Proverbs 1:20, 29-31). Looking out for more knowledge and understanding is a Biblical principle.

My only hope is for more people to hunt out what's true and real in the world, to be Socratic in order to understand it, and to live life in the full reality of existence.