The War of Ideas?

Many people today have ideas on how to 'change the world.' Christians and other religious groupings are at the fore-front and possess such an immeasurable zeal to see things changed.

The question i have to all of you guys who are burning with zeal and passion to effect change in any sphere of human life is, what is your strategy? What problems are you addresing? What do you want to achieve at the end of it all ( I am speaking here of what tangible results you would love to see in order for you to measure your own personal progress).And ultimately what is your plan? how do you intend on tackling the problems with which you or your society or loved ones are grappling?

Ideas,ideologies or what ever you want to call them are a web of systems of understanding,approaches or ways of doing things which are deeply engraved into ones psyche to the extent that you dont have to think of drawing from them faced with any given situation that neccesitates their application.

According to wikipedia, "an ideology is an organized collection of ideas". The word ideology was coined by Count Antoine Destutt de Tracy in the late 18th century to define a "science of ideas" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideologies).

What I want to suggest here, after following most of the strategies that the church and the so-called democracies to which most of us belong is this:

I want to suggest to you who is feed up with the current systems of ideologies and philosophies that if you are really serious about effecting change, then start off by changing your philosophically madned mind. Work your attitude about things first, and when you are able to think not with your emotions, but with your mind, then sit down and devise a strategy about which to follow on your course toward changing anything in the world in which we live.

Realise that the world is a system of ideologies and ideas. Now I dont know what this statement says to you, but to me it says that for me to impact the world, i must first know the systems which makes up the world that I so badly want to impact.After knowing these systems it then tells me, I must come up with a system of ideas more superior than the ones I am currently not happy about. To quote a colleague of mine "the war of ideas needs no constitution but alternative ideas which are more superior than the former", (Pastor Edgar).

In the Bible spies were sent to spie the land. But the most interesting thing about them is that the attitude that was possesed by each set of spies pre-determined their report and perspectives on the land. You also need to determine what attitude will best help you impact the world in the way that you think it should be impacted.

Begin or Depart from a neutral position. In other words, determine to have a learning attitude and learn as best you can of everything you must know about your area of interest before embarking on a futile journey to impact the world you really dont understand, because if you dont understand your world or your enemy or subject it will definitely influence you.

Watch out, listen, learn, plan and then act.