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Religion, Oil, or Politics...which is most harmful?

SpartanacusSpartanacus Posts: 830
edited July 2006 in A Moving Train
The world would be a much better place if you did the following things, in this order...

Rid the Earth of organized religion.
Rid the Earth of our reliance of oil to fuel are automobiles.
Completely overhaul the political process.

Of course #1 will never happen, but hopefully #2 and #3 will someday.
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  • Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    Spartancus wrote:
    The world would be a much better place if you did the following things, in this order...

    Rid the Earth of organized religion.
    Rid the Earth of our reliance of oil to fuel are automobiles.
    Completely overhaul the political process.

    Of course #1 will never happen, but hopefully #2 and #3 will someday.

    If I could have one of these "magically" happen:

    Religion: I am an agnostic and I know that religion (and people using it as an excuse) has caused lots of bad. But lack of religion (as many need it to treat others well) may be just as bad.

    Politics: It's bad. But if we "overhauled" it, human nature (power corrupts) would take over and eventually we'd be back where we are.

    So I pick:

    OIL: If we could just magically not be oil-dependant, that would be positive across the board. Certain wars would disappear. The air would get cleaner and there would be a lot of other social and economic benefits.
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  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    The mix is certainly explosive...

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  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    Spartancus wrote:
    The world would be a much better place if you did the following things, in this order...

    Rid the Earth of organized religion.
    Rid the Earth of our reliance of oil to fuel are automobiles.
    Completely overhaul the political process.

    Of course #1 will never happen, but hopefully #2 and #3 will someday.


    #1 will soon happen...as well as the other two...


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  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Spartancus wrote:
    The world would be a much better place if you did the following things, in this order...

    Rid the Earth of organized religion.
    Rid the Earth of our reliance of oil to fuel are automobiles.
    Completely overhaul the political process.

    Of course #1 will never happen, but hopefully #2 and #3 will someday.
    Might as well respond to this too.

    1. Won't happen, although we'll probably see a lot more fragmentation rather than a few monolithic world religions.
    2. will happen, and then we'll go to war on eachother for the replacement, unless the replacement is so abundant and cheap that there is no supply problem.
    3. Happens regularly and is in constant evolution anyway. It will change to meet future circumstances.

    Peace
    Dan
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    None are harmful in and of themselves. Add to the mix human error, power issues, human ignorance, human arrogance, etc. and we find we've got problems.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Spartancus wrote:
    The world would be a much better place if you did the following things, in this order...

    Rid the Earth of organized religion.
    Rid the Earth of our reliance of oil to fuel are automobiles.
    Completely overhaul the political process.

    Of course #1 will never happen, but hopefully #2 and #3 will someday.
    It's not any of those that are harmful. Its greed thats harmful. Greed can run each of those.
  • zelda4everzelda4ever Posts: 138
    i dunno but mix all 3 and you get absolute death
    -Let's just say i was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. Thats all it was:just curiosity.

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  • zelda4everzelda4ever Posts: 138
    greed is the power behind each villan
    greed is the power behind everyone killin
    greed swallows all
    its like a wall binding us from hope
    greed is a rope everyone it will choke
    do somthing,death is begining
    -Let's just say i was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. Thats all it was:just curiosity.

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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    What is the root of greed? Balanced, healthy people show themselves by their health and balance, not by being greedy.

    Why are so many people not balanced and healthy?
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  • zelda4everzelda4ever Posts: 138
    the root of greed my friends is misuse and overconsumption of power and wealth
    -Let's just say i was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what would happen. Thats all it was:just curiosity.

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    Los Angeles, 1969
  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    zelda4ever wrote:
    the root of greed my friends is misuse and overconsumption of power and wealth
    Misuse and overconsumption of power and wealth is a consequence of greed. They are ways people act greedy. They are signs and symptoms of greed.

    It doesn't answer why do people act greedy to begin with. Why do people need to misuse and overconsume power and wealth in the first place? What underlies such a "need"?
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    The mix is certainly explosive...

    Peace
    Dan


    i think this is the closest to an 'answer' as i could possibly muster for this question. none, in and of themselves, are truly 'harmful'...it's all what we choose to do with them.



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