Quote Originally Posted by robert42
but i hope there is a god so i beleive i go to a better place when i pass. im sure none of us what to think we just die and thats that.
Ha, Robert...and you say that, after you just described the wonderous nature of the place in which you reside now!

I've said it a billion times: When will the human race begin to realise that 'Heaven' is right here?

It is only the greed and selfishness of us humans, that make this 'heaven', such 'hell'.

I watched an advert for the Red Cross, the other day (can't remember which day, because I have been in a state of zombieness lmao), and I was quite shocked and saddened by what I saw.
We are now entering the year 2005, and yet we still have poverty and illness, malnutrition and starvation, whole swathes of people who are without homes and identity...how can this be?
These conditions are not brought about by natural disaster.
They are not the result of God's wrath.

These situations exist PURELY because of Man's greed and selfishness.
They exist because it suits the power dreams of a few people, who will stop at nothing to realise their dreams.

The peoples that are subjudgated by these individuals, find themselves in the predicament that they are in because of a lack of knowledge.
The ones in power have used the fear of the unknown against those people that they seek to subverse.

And this tactic is not confined to third-world countries.
We are also the victims of propaganda - and follow along, blindly accepting what we are told, without really questioning what it is that we are agreeing to!

FLESH, you're exactly right with your historical examples of how closed-mindedness has 'stunted our growth' (euphamistic term lol).
Science versus Religion - Fact verus Faith....
I agree with you; they should not be adversaries, they should be partners.

The only way forward, is to collate ALL of the information at hand - both scientific, religious, and possibilty...
Only then, can we begin to assess and deliberate.
Out-of-hand dismissal (or, blind adherence) is like trying to judge distance with one eye closed.

Until then, we will continue to witness shit-pit ghettos situated next to affluence....why?

Res...