Much is written and spoken about the Covid-19 time and experiences, tons of analysis has been done and will be still done in the days, weeks and month to come, theories of all sorts have been circulating in social media; all in a diversity depending on how one views the world, but I guess we can all agree on one statement:
Corona has shown realities – unvarnished and blunt.
The reality of realising that our societies are not where we thought we are in the development of the human race is certainly one of the most important ones to mention. The expression “common sense” seems to mean so many different things and the “global village” feeling many of us prescribed to at the change of the millennium seems to have disappeared.
The advances of social media have shown their ugly face; all the enthusiasm that connectivity brings us closer together has turned into a battlefield on Twitter, Facebook and others with fake news, lies and deception. And not only that: this very connectivity and possibility threatens the fabric of societies, of democracies and question the way the world is governed in a very serious way.
And while the youngsters are being born in the world of cellphones and WhatsApp there is a whole generation of older folks battling to keep track of how the world is changing – and looking at the world as such – connectivity and internet are advantages in life many don’t have yet – the gap also here becomes more prevalent.
It is to hope that the current times are for many times of reflection – how we see us in this world we call home as a human race, how we want to live and develop. Especially the churches and faith-based communities are here asked to leave the nitty-gritty of theological sophistry aside and take on the challenge of joined ethical leadership much needed in such reflections.
Realities might be seen different in such a reflection, but there has to be a baseline of values, of truth and humanity, which governs any meaningful debate and discernment on the way forward.
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