@jerlands,
jerlands wrote:
"For everything there is a season." Here's history according to me... Out of Egypt we hear the words "go forth and populate the earth" and the law was condensed and made transportable. At the time of Christ the law was further condensed to two sentences (Matthew 22:36-40) and man could venture out with law only in his heart but still intact. And here we are today... As for purposeful and a reason and questioning that which is and that which should never be. Here's the "State of the Union." 50% of american's have one form or another of a chronic degenerative disease. We lose topsoil at alarming rates and we pollute our waters. Not to mention the crazy notion man is going out into space and colonize another planet. Now what is going on here?
In a small community it is easy to call someone out in the village who is being a jerk polluting the village lake, killing the fish or ruining the water used on the fields. It is easy to monitor a small group to make sure people are respecting everyone else within the community.
When you have thousands of corporations who buy off political leaders to turn a blind eye to them dumping their waste into streams and rivers then the problem becomes a secret. The common person has no clue what is going on. If people are unaware of the damage then they would never even consider doing something. But now we are at a point, how do you do something? You want your Iphone but don't care that there are children who are slaves who mine the minerals used to make the circuit boards in the phone. Most people don't know that so how can they do anything about a problem they are unaware of?
People get murdered for challenging political leaders or large corporations. They mysteriously end up dead. I'm not saying it always happens but to suggest that would never happen is just as naive as saying it will happen to you if you try.
It isn't that we need a "holy" book to get us back on track. We don't need to be saved by religion to fix these problems. To suggest that we do, is just absurd.
We don't fix this problem by going to the corporations and pointing out their crimes.
Instead we need to completely change the way in which government works. We need to remove the ability to sanction funds. It is the core system that is at fault, not capitalism. It is the government. It creates all the problems and blames everything else besides itself.
Pretty much all our current problems are due to government in some form or another. And you can't turn to the government to solve them. They will just smile and nod, tell you a few heart warming words to make you go back home to your bed meanwhile continue doing the same crap.
A total and complete governmental reform is needed.
