Awakening, Rumbling

I feel a great sense of change, and it starts with Christianity and Islam.
Christianity seems to be on its knees, just waiting for the last blows of materialism to leave it prostrate, but that has happened before. I see much of Islam insisting on secular life dominated by religious values. Then I see Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan, trying to introduce some balance between religion and secular life. Young women in Turkey insist on the right to cover their faces in public, while young women in Iran assert the right to dress as they like. In Africa, which was despoiled so badly, that the backlash allowed unprincipled men to rape their fiefdoms,we see progress by Africans in stopping the abuses in Zimbabwe. Perhaps the most encouraging of all is Pope Benedict's acknowledgment of sin in the terrible acts of sexual abuse committed by ministers of God.
One more sign, is America's decision to sit down in Switzerland with the Iranian government, in order to discuss, ostensibly, Iran's nuclear programme. It is, in my opinion, an enormously important event. The world has gradualy, over the period since the last world war, separated into two entities, America and the rest. There has been a gradual growth in America of a feeling of invincibility behind its nuclear shield, and its wealth. No part of the world can any longer claim separation, because young people have been able to make their dreams and aspirations known to everyone. Americans have to start realising that they need to get to know how other people think, how they live, and that we are all brothers and sisters.