Judaism

One must remember that the pursuit of impossible utopias often ends up creating dystopias.

The enduring lesson of Noah’s Ark is that a better world is built not simply by insisting upon our rights, but by embracing our responsibilities.

Human beings are fraught with many inclinations, some good, some bad, including the desire for particular societal outcomes, grand visions, monolithic ones — exemplified by the Tower of Babel — not guided by Godly right and just action.

When our service of God degenerates into a paganism of self-worship, the deepest religious failures, including violence, take hold.