Good suggestion. However the self-interest of the various religions get in the way. If
I can understand your feeling frustrated Ed, you can see the World deteriorating but you refuse to acknowledge the basic problem, sin. Now the matter is obfuscated by there being two forced fighting against each other.
No, the answer is a change in attitude.
No, the problem is human evil
If even the slightest imagination and intelligence were used, many more people could live very well in even the most populated
You're right.
countries. We do not lack space, we lack common sense.
there's no arguing with that.
If God made us, he did a lousy job.
It's not your place to criticize G-d.
He made a lifeform that insists on believing things that are clearly in conflict with reality,
Hum, does that include things like spontaneous biogenesis? How about, the Space Brothers are here to help us? How about, all religious traditions are all equally valid paths to god?
and will kill or give up its own life to support these beliefs.
We have an obligation to defeat human evil, and evil humans.
A lifeform, to a large extent, that lacks empathy for his own kind and for the other lifeforms made by this God.
Empathy is one of the attributes recommended by Christianity.
A lifeform that has the conceit to believe that it is unique and will gain advantage over other individuals by using a particular worship of this imagined God.
We believe that sentient life, with free will is unique to this planetary system. As for an advantage, it's quite the opposite.
At the same time, we have the ability to discover methods to visit the stars while other people will turn this knowledge into weapons that will be used to destroy anyone who does not support their beliefs.
War making is part of the human condition. We have an obligation to defeat evil.
If you were God, would you have made such a self-destructive creature?
The problem is sin and human evil.
If you had, would you give support to individuals who had these obvious imperfections even if they attempted to worship you?
I'd separate the part of humanity which pleased me and make them holy.
peat bogg wrote:
Mike Carrell wrote:
Jed and Ed have voiced eloquent laments for wild space and connection to Nature. Ironic that TV ads for automobiles seduce with the lure of access to ever more remote open space.
Their agenda is to sell automobiles.
If the population were not so high, the problems described here would not exist.
It might make more sense to start thinking about how to lower the population of the world rather than about how to build more power plants.
The population size problem is about to correct itself.
