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In reply to the discussion: New York Times confirms Israel using dogs to rape. [View all]BH liberal
(142 posts)simply adds to the overwhelming historical evidence that the carryover of our primitive obsessions with gods and claims of "chosen peoples" into the present day causes far more harm than good. We bicker and war and suffer over organized religious beliefs and geographical/ideological boundaries when it is painfully apparent that no sky gods are going to intervene and pull humans back from the abyss of our own making. We need to wake up and come together as a species rather than rush forward into the inevitable cul-de-sac that nationalism and cult-obsession are leading us toward. The acceleration of the rate of change in technological development, in the impending climate disaster, and in the consumption of the planet's resources demands it if we are to survive.
For decades, science fiction writers have penned stories about alien invasions finally bringing us together. Really, is it going to take an external threat like that to wake us up? If so, the sooner the better!