Terry Blanton wrote:
On 8/11/06, Edmund Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We need to use our creativity to explore another way.
That's easy:
1) Make energy free.
Unfortunately, free energy would not solve the problem. Free energy
would mean the Middle Eastern countries would be even poorer than they
presently are. Israel is only rich because it is supported by the US
and donations, and it has harvested brain power from all over the world.
The countries have long since exhausted the environment of useful
minerals, the climate is too dry for extensive agriculture, and most of
the soil is poor thanks to centuries of poor management. A country needs
to produce something the rest of the world wants. Of course, if we did
not need oil, we would ignore the internal conflicts there just like we
do when they occur in countries of Africa where oil is not present.
Thanks to the tools of terrorism, people who are sufficiently unhappy
can no longer be ignored.
2) Eliminate religion.
Religion is the only concept that justifies being as good as we are.
Very few people are "good" just because it is their nature. Granted,
religion is taken to extreme, but all ideas are taken to extreme sooner
or later. If religion and the rules it imposes are not applied, what do
you suggest be used in its place?
It's only the path which is in question.
That is true. How do we get people to follow the best path?
Ed
Terry
