{"id":9531,"date":"2022-08-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=9531"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T14:10:05","slug":"how-civilization-began-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/how-civilization-began-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Civilization Began!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"How Civilization Began! 8\/16\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=kxx7d-1297f9a-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The famous anthropologist Margaret Mead was once asked this question:&nbsp;<em>What was the earliest sign of civilization in any given culture?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reporter expected the answer to be&nbsp;<em>a clay pot<\/em>&nbsp;or perhaps&nbsp;<em>a fish hook<\/em>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<em>a grinding stone<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her answer was&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;a healed femur.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The femur, of course, is the leg bone&nbsp;above the knee.&nbsp;<strong>Mead explained that no healed femurs are found where the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, reigns.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A healed femur shows that someone cared. Someone had to do that injured person&#8217;s hunting and gathering for them until the leg healed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I am a living testament to what Margaret Mead has said. I fell and broke my left femur in November 2020 while I was taking a walk. Several strangers stopped, called the paramedics and got me to the hospital. The nurses and the doctors gave me the best of care. While I was in a wheelchair for ten weeks, neighbors shopped and cared for me.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The evidence of compassion, Margaret Mead said, is the first sign of civilization.&nbsp;<em>I would contend that it is also the first sign of the work of Christ in the life of a Christian.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;If our civilization is to continue as we know it, then you and I need to look for ways to become Good Samaritans to others on a daily basis and stop lashing out at those who do not vote the way we do.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Until you have real compassion\u2026..You cannot recognize love.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When was the last time that someone was a Good Samaritan to YOU? When was the last time that YOU were a Good Samaritan to someone!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GOD GIVES US DIFFICULTIES TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN US!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous anthropologist Margaret Mead was once asked this question:&nbsp;What was the earliest sign of civilization in any given culture? 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