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Originally posted by EarthCitizen23
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Humans first have to make peace with their Animal Natures before moving on to the place where Individuals Respect Individuals enough to ,,,,, well Respect ,,, Other Individuals. Admittedly we have a long way to go,,, evidenced by this thread alone.
But by and Far I agree, yet also know Humanity is capable of being Creative enough to find a way to Unify us, regardless of the Mess of the UN, USA , EU or any other form of Government. The Question is Will we stop fighting ourselves long enough to do so. I believe we must.
Originally posted by imherejusttoread
Originally posted by FugitiveSoul
You cannot deny that religion, which by design, divides people, and stunts human growth, must go the way of the rest of the archaic notions that the world has let go of in the name of moving forward.
Religion is as individualistic as personality is. So, to abolish religion is simply a tautology to abolish individualism. If it neither picks your pocket nor breaks your leg, why do you care if someone believes in one god, no god, or twenty gods?
If you're referring to religion i.e. organized, then even then, organized religion is simply a particularized form of collectivism. That's what one world governments and the OP's like ultimately reduce to: irrational collectivism.
Religion will still exist. I have no illusions, but it will be much more subtle, confined to the walls of homes and places of worship (like it was originally intended), and its influence on the world will be greatly reduced. This will slightly alter world culture, but the foundations of culture, the parts that really matter, should survive intact.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
Originally posted by FugitiveSoul
The only way a one-world government could work is if we rid ourselves of organized religion. Of course, we would have to prove to people that their religions were fallacies or we would have to kill anyone who couldn’t conform their beliefs and learn to play ball.
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The above is why socialists/communists are all cruel, barbarians who claim "we are just doing it to save the world" meanwhile they murder millions of people and imprison millions more because those people would not bow down to socialim/communism...
The Summer of 1816 Around the World
In New England, there was snow in early June. During the months of July, August and September, night time temperatures dipped and frost occurred on several occasions. July and August were dry so the crops started to suffer from drought. Frost in September caused additional crop failure. The lack of sunlight stunted plant growth and prevented the ripening of produce such as corn. It is interesting to note that the crop failure in New England caused farmers to move westward. This mass migration shifted the nation’s farming industry away from the eastern part of the nation.
Eastern Canada experienced the same weather conditions as New England with cold waves, frost and drought. Sub-zero temperatures killed crops and at least one foot of snow fell in Quebec City in early June. The crops that managed to survive were killed by early frost in September.
Low temperatures and prolonged rain caused crop failures in Britain. It was the third coldest summer recorded since record-keeping started in 1659. Parts of Europe such as France, Switzerland and Germany suffered famine and crop failure.
Europe was already suffering from food shortages due to the Napoleonic Wars. This caused riots and looting. Many rivers flooded due to higher than normal rainfall. It is estimated that 200,000 people died in Eastern and Southern Europe from hunger and a typhus epidemic. Some countries had ash mixed in with snow.
In Asia and India, the monsoon season was heavy and they experienced unusually low temperatures plus frost. Rice production was drastically reduced which resulted in famine in China. Snow fell in higher elevations in countries where snow does not normally exist. Southern India suffered a cholera epidemic and it is believed to be linked with the unusual weather conditions in 1816.
Originally posted by MidnightTide
I think we should give these higher thinking, evolved people a country - so they can all move there and live out this wonder utopia they feel we should have and just leave the rest of us alone.
Originally posted by LoveisanArt
we neeeed alien contaaaacttt
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
Originally posted by EarthCitizen23
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Humans first have to make peace with their Animal Natures before moving on to the place where Individuals Respect Individuals enough to ,,,,, well Respect ,,, Other Individuals. Admittedly we have a long way to go,,, evidenced by this thread alone.
But by and Far I agree, yet also know Humanity is capable of being Creative enough to find a way to Unify us, regardless of the Mess of the UN, USA , EU or any other form of Government. The Question is Will we stop fighting ourselves long enough to do so. I believe we must.
Funnily enough you, and others like you do not respect individuality, since you want EVERYONE to accept YOUR One World Government...
As for "evolving our conciousness and evolve into more spiritual beings?" First people like YOU have to accept the fact that despite the fact that we are made up of the same things physically, we are all DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS/DIFFERENT SOULS/SPIRITS, and as such must be respected instead of wanting to turn EVERYONE into a robot to reach YOUR definition of spirituality...
edit on 17-3-2012 by ElectricUniverse because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by prisoneronashipoffools
Originally posted by MidnightTide
I think we should give these higher thinking, evolved people a country - so they can all move there and live out this wonder utopia they feel we should have and just leave the rest of us alone.
I agree, help us build some space ships and I am sure many people like me would gladly get the hell off the planet and away from the bickering, squabbling masses. Then, people like me can look down and watch the pretty lights, as the shining examples of humanity left behind, annihilate each other once and for all; when the resources run out of course and the current systems collapse.