RE: Is It Possible for Humanity to Create a Peaceful World with Religion in it?
October 28, 2016 at 4:28 pm
(This post was last modified: October 28, 2016 at 4:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
It's the natural state of everything in existence that we're aware of. Naturally, we "higher order" creatures have to scrape and claw our way to limited resources...but even autotrophs get viscious. Trees strangle each other from above and below, simultaneously, sea rocket can recognize it;s kin and they work together to crowd and poison the soil not only for other plant life but even for other lineages of sea rocket. Both of these behaviors express themselves without the subjects meaning each other ill at all...which might be even more disturbing than intentional harm, in the context of the question. The end of human strife would require unlimited resources...and that tall order would only lay the groundwork...everything on earth has billions of years of developed conflict response to overcome even -if- resources were unlimited. Then you move your way on up to more nebulous things like random cruelty and indifference.
So, there's the tab...unlimited resources, the un-doing of billions of years of evolution, and a cure for negatively valued human behaviors. Awfully long odds.
(and I bet someone looking to do the last thing on the list might be engaging in the worst human behaviors of all, lol)
Perhaps it would be better to learn to see the beauty and utility in conflict, than it would be to wish for it's end? It would certainly be less disillusioning.
So, there's the tab...unlimited resources, the un-doing of billions of years of evolution, and a cure for negatively valued human behaviors. Awfully long odds.
(and I bet someone looking to do the last thing on the list might be engaging in the worst human behaviors of all, lol)
Perhaps it would be better to learn to see the beauty and utility in conflict, than it would be to wish for it's end? It would certainly be less disillusioning.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
