Pop Rock's Take On Fundamentalism

Whenever i step outside, somebody claims to see the light

It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience.

'cause everyone thinks they're right,

And nobody thinks that there just might

Be more than one road to our final destination

But i'm not ever going to know if i'm right or wrong

'cause we're all going in the same direction

And i'm not sure which way to go because all along

We've been going in the same direction

I'm tired of playing games, of looking for someone else to blame

For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing

For something to fill the space, was all of the time i spent a waste

'cause so many choices point the same way i was going.....

So why does there only have to be one correct philosophy?

I don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them

And why are you always telling me what you want me to believe?

I'd like to think that i can go my own way and meet you in the end.

But i'm not ever going to know..........

-Hoobastank, Same Direction
---Thanks to Petey for helping me see past how much Hoobastank's music sucks and instead see the message they're trying to convey. This is a key message that could help reverse isolation and conflict in our society. Everyone thinks they are right and everyone else is wrong. No matter how much you deny it, you think you have everything figured out. If people disagree with you, they're simply "not getting it". I'm no exception. It's hard to admit you're wrong, especially when you've thought you were right all along. But in the end, it's fulfilling. If your not open to any other opinion or belief other than the ones that you're already passionate about, your no better than any of the people you consider to be "ignorant". Unfortunately this is the prevailing thought in most belief systems on earth: "I'm right and no matter what you say, you're wrong". How can there possibly be so many wrong people? 1 billion Christians on earth... and some fundamentalist Christians believe the other 5 billion people on the planet are doomed to a life devoid of any "true God". That is just one example, and most (not all) of the other major religions in the world are guilty of stating this: "There is no way but our way". In religion class, I was taught the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Imagine that there are six blind men standing around one huge elephant. One touches the tail and says "it feels like a rope". Another touches the ear and says "it feels like a big fan", and so and so on. The blind men can be thought of as representing the different belief systems, religions and philosophies in our society all describing the same thing simultaneously, but in different ways and focusing on different aspects. There are an infinite number of roads to take in life. There is no 'wrong' or 'right' way to think about things. There's only your interpretation (or somebody elses interpretation). Ultimately, we're all heading in the same direction.