The WIDEr Embrace...

Nationalism & Patriotism often lead to isolationism & exclusivism resulting in a segregated narrow outlook, a closed mindset - a festering ground for extremism when exploited by irresponsible elements using manipulative psychological deviousness.

MORE EFFECTIVELY if such manipulations are engaging Religious rhetorics. Not because religion is right or wrong. Because Religion abuses that POWER that TRUTH which no living being can say 'No' to! And which better tool to manipulate with than THAT.

.. In any case if one were to truly assess the significance or worth of purpose:

The obvious futility would raise the question : 

- "whats the big deal in the instilling of 

PRIDE due to one's 

CITIZENSHIP 

- NATIONALISM 

- PATRIOTISM -

The Competitive spirit of Man often is encouraged & promoted even in spheres where GOD-ly attributes should negate such exclusive self-centered-ness.

If encouraged in sports for the commercialisation of entertainment, pandering to man's aggressiveness - the human primal instincts & urges of the animal - it is acceptably & often is an economic priority for some nation's viability & survival as a group of people.

In human enterprise, & undertakings; even in supposed simple fun filled daily activities of play, that very innate trait to be the best performer 'kills', makes meaningless most other attributes - & almost every noble good of GODliness.

[LOVE (that most oversold emotional expression) is not considered for extended mentioned as it would bring one to an even more revulsive level of man's repulsive fake-ism]

After more than 2000 years of Western (so claimed - but obviously not) Civilised Existence, are humans to still view, regard one another, antagonistically? 

As separately different creatures, competing like one gang vs another horde, of foraging, hunting, marauding, {man-like}[?beast-like] savages? 

Or based on nothing more noble or worthy than the geographical location on which one has birth-rights, citizenship; Each cohort group must subvert, reduce & dominate the rest outside of that geolocation by every available means?

Or be so consciously prideful of the epidermal pigments that distinguishingly separates a 'greater' brood from a more 'despicable' bunch of vermins? 

Or the obsessiveness associated with which caliph or prophet one's tribe draws authoritative authentication as the select group of Humans ?

{oft quoted biblical mantra Jn 14:6} 

Should we not discard all that irrelevance linked to divisiveness AND become truly a RACE, REFLECTIVE -[almost true IMAGES] of HIM ?

One SPECIES, one RACE, one school of tiny bits of life in the vast sea of LIFE that IS. 

A shoal of life bits all being carried by the currents of LIFE which is HE, back to our destiny whence each came before formation as a living 'createds'

ONE ethnically-bland i.e. color-unconcious group of Homo S's? (Asses)

OR is that so UNDOABLE, 

so hugely IMPOSSIBLE 'cos it's a confirmed liability in every sphere of commerce & industry & ESPECIALLY so in military supremacy?

ONEness of BEINGS seem a premise that's not a sought after, nor a goal desirable by any nation of Man?

{aka animals aka creatures with higher Intellect}

It needed no genius

nor a god

nor an endowed son

nor an immaculately conceived Single of a Trinity [sure only THREE?]

to foresee 

to foretell to predict

Man never ever becoming ONE.

rather

MAN's destiny 

to

attain Armageddon

via

SELF - DESTRUCTING

IS A FOREGONE EXPECTED 

That ideal's not achievable not because man is unable to; 

BUT being uniquely implanted with that unquantifiable, survivalistic DNA 

Humans instinctively are driven to view foremost, first, relevant, as worthy 

of consideration, where & how to achieve the next

"profit"

"gain"

"higher positions"

"advantage"

to attain "top performer in life"

[though knowing full well every life 'dies']

Man & animals are sadly so distinctly different -

-in our much vaunted justified, rationalised, yet unwarranted, insatiable greed for EVERYTHING

- be they good, bad, beneficial or whatsoever - at any & all costs.

Yet animals are called 'BEASTS"