Quote (girl0ngirl @ 18 Oct 2012 19:33)
Thanks for the effort... The religion is a gimmick for the weak minded. You are still fooled by it, fortunately you aren't the religious type so you instantly disregard. But you know, negative thinking will teach you nothing. You must first read it in a positive light and figure out why it was written at all. Anything done with good intentions is worth reading, and so is anything with bad intentions, so you can learn. A debate forum is not for emotional exchanges but for ideas. Thanks for the simple idea and strong feelings about it
World government: A world government is the only way we will be able to control pollution, manage our limited resources fairly, and prevent destruction of the natural environment. It has to happen, or the earth will become uninhabitable.
How can people think we can survive without managing all our resources? We need a world government to manage our resources and ourselves.
Quote Population control: It will take a world government to manage population and resources. The population of a country cannot be allowed to outpace their ability to support and educate their children. People starve and the beast comes to life. In nature, when there are not predators to control the population, the population grows until the environment cannot support them, and then they die off. It is a natural cycle that the human race is in right now. We have overcome all our predators, including most diseases, and our population has been exploding.
The overpopulation/starvation cycle has killed us many times in the past.
We can do it again, or we can start to manage the whole world for the benefit of everyone. Right now, every country is working for their own local self-interest, and the way things are set up, they have to, to survive and compete.
This was from my page 8 quotes from the world government section. We need to globally manage resources AND OURSELVES? stay away from me and my land please. Please.
Well, this is NOT from The Present with religion, the book I am takling about here... But I still agree with it, we are currently destroying the planet, and this has to stop SOON.
Check this video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnH7yRpnAVEAlso, do not play with words : it do not say we need a government to control ourselves, but manage ourselves... The current local governments are currently trying to control ourselves, you prefer that ?
Also you did not quote the part where the autors explains how that government should work...
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The government’s main job will be to make sure everyone has a good job.
Most problems such as crime, injustice, and religious fanatics come directly from poverty. Thus, the government’s main job will to be to keep people productive and making money. There will be many new government jobs created for people whose job is to find or make people good jobs.
If there is not enough work in private industry, the government will create jobs to keep people working. If people do not know how to do the job, they will also pay to train people to do the jobs they find or create.
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What we really need is some inspired, enlightened leadership.
Paradise: There will be a world government, and it will make sure everyone on Earth has work, food, shelter, freedom, education, medical services, protection and equal opportunities. It will be every human being’s birthright. All these great things cannot happen without the truth being known and a large population of spiritual beings. This is why the truth must get out soon. If it does not, there is no hope for the human race. We should and could all be living in a heaven soon.
What you quoted does not make sense if you do not see the big picture...
This insight sections you quoted was removed from The Present with religion, there is some reason it was removed anyway.