| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/17/2007 10:28:33 PM | The greatest threat is SOME people who will undo ALL people.
The few and the many - the few with power will undo the rest of us by making some real stupid decisions. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/18/2007 4:17:09 AM | Good reply firstandlast,
So many times we think that we are alone however i don't think we are. I think people with power make the choices for the rest of us. Some how i thought our government was structured the other way around but it sure doesn't seem to work that way does it?
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/18/2007 5:53:05 PM | I'D SAY THE GREATEST THREAT TO MANKIND IS DISEASE.BUT WITH INNOCENCE AND GOOD PHARMICIDICAL CARE,DISEASE MAY JUST HAVE A CURE,(OR ANSWER).I WOULD LIKE THAT ANSWER TO BE A CURE BUT MAKEBE HUMANS WILL BECOME SMART ENOUGH OR MAYBE GOD WILL SOMEDAY GIVE US ALL,OUR OWN TRANSPORTERS,JUST JOKIN'.(man,THAT
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/21/2007 11:35:13 AM | | Revealed religion...any religion that says, "God talked to me, told me to write this down, and tell you to believe it" I see nature and believe in God...and physics/mathematics are Gods language. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/21/2007 1:01:00 PM | | perhaps the greatest threat to mankind is the illusion that there is a great threat. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/22/2007 4:22:49 PM |
Revealed religion...any religion that says, "God talked to me, told me to write this down, and tell you to believe it" I see nature and believe in God...and physics/mathematics are Gods language.
I agree. These "revealed" or "organized' religions are one of the biggest threats to mankind. With large groups of people believing vehmently in one god to the exlcusion of all other religions, we are faced with religious wars and culture clashes. More people should follow an individualistic spiritual path instead of blindly following the masses into so-called heaven. This would perpetuate understanding and tolerance, not hate of those who are not like us.
The destruction of our environment is another huge threat to human life. We destroy what sustains us . Generally, we are selfish and arrogant and have no cares about what sort of planet we leave to future generations.
There's a thread about 2012 possibly being the end of mankind too. Who knows? Maybe Earth's path in the constellations will be the greatest threat. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/22/2007 7:41:07 PM | | Greed is the greatest threat. We are destroying our planet with manmade toxic chemicals, clearcutting the last rainforests, destroying the oceans with pollution and overfishing. Man would take the last breeding pair of fish out of the sea if he would get a large sum of money. I fear there will be a nuclear war in the future that will destroy most life on earth. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 9/23/2007 11:19:07 AM | Need not to get involved in this discussion cos have chores calling and a meditation class to teach while my youngster has visitation with his dad for the day, but.... LOL
Posted this on another thread a short while ago in response to something that came up in another post, but really though it doesnt address this whole question and so is only a partial contribution, it has elements of thinking that belong here...
When I was living in Australia, I was involved with a social change group called Reworking Tomorrow/Australia Connects, and we were discussing community and social systems other than the current ones in place, that might bring a more healthy human and natural environment into being... there was a a lot systems theory debating going on, as well as discussion about sustainable community, human affairs/decision making management models... the concept of the empty centre, where there is no leader or group of leaders, but where the community is involved in all decision making and concensus decisions arise organically from respectful discussion and listening and more discussion...
I personally am interested in the idea of 'all for one and one for all' because under systems theory, the needs of the individual are made subordinate to the needs of the group... the complete opposite of the individualism I think you are talking about(poster on other thread) - which I agree has major negative consequences....
But I couldnt agree that the needs of the group/society should take pre-eminance over the needs of the individual, as speaking of an organic model, if there is dysfunction/dis-ease in a component of the group, there is dysfunction in the whole... it being the web of life and we all being connected etc... Think there needs to be some sort of balance between the individual and society...
Its interesting that the 'West' has moved so far from community and extended family/clan as a way of living... and we have moved so far that even the nuclear family no longer exists... I see the US and its political and social systems as being a very clear example of that and the subsequent consequences... this society is one of the most stridently individualistic.... there is no community and no coherent social framework - its a loose grouping of fractured cells really...
There's a huge cost to the whole in that reality... we prosper or we fail mostly by our own efforts... when we prosper, we rather than the group profit by the results... when we fail, it costs the group an enormous amount in social and financial terms... and as the group (body) has a vested interest in the wellbeing of its members (cells), one would think the group would see the wisdom in supporting the members to achieve their greatest potential... but in this society, where profit is the ruling ideology, that very self-evident truism, is (purposely) overlooked ... because if capitalism - the ultimate form of individualism - took that thinking on board, would have no justification to exist as a political and monetary system...
Its kinda weird and doesnt make any sense... capitalism is shooting itself in the foot because this form cannot continue indefinitely... because its based on the exploitation of resources, ultimately its a closed entropic system which will collapse in on itself...
Anyway... off to the chores and to clean out the cats' litter box - yuck! | |
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Rain57
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Joined: 9/20/2006
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 10/2/2007 8:36:54 PM | | If you do the math, like i did, and the countries of this world cool their jets and don't destroy it with nuclear devices; then it is my humble opinion that over-population shall tax me and my world before I depart it. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 10/2/2007 9:06:51 PM |
Revealed religion...any religion that says, "God talked to me, told me to write this down, and tell you to believe it"
hehe... You never hear anyone say "God talked to me, and He said you should all ignore me and think for yourselves. He gave you brains for a reason." | |
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Joined: 9/15/2007
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 10/3/2007 10:40:23 AM | | The greatest threat to mankind is the belief that one man can't make a difference. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 10/3/2007 11:06:05 AM | Bravo ! "Rain57" you win the cupie doll.....
"I have seen the enemy in the looking glass." | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 10/5/2007 5:43:26 AM | Greatest threat to mankind; women & IVF! 
Seriously though, Ourselves. Humans are quite destructive. Some see things as being easier to destroy than it is to create or look after. We take shortcuts, don't think about the long-term, only look after our own selfish desires (but not needs - if we really looked after our needs as a whole human race, & not individualistically, we wouldn't be so destructive). Obviously it's different for different people, but generally speaking until something is serious enough to warrant someones attention & subsequent action, people usually won't don't much about anything. And this usually boils down to how much someone is being affected by something (feelings & otherwise) & their proximity to it. And then there's the whole to what level of desire someone (or group of people) has to actually do something to make a change (however small). If someone littered rubbish in the middle of nowhere, would you travel out to the middle of nowhere to clean it up? No, because most people would have the view that it isn't affecting you directly or immediately. | |
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Posted: 10/6/2007 2:30:48 AM | The greatest threat to mankind imo is imposed limitations and generalization. When you live under an imposed limitation so long, it becomes a personal rule, that scares the living daylights out of me. Not imposed as in laws, but as in widespread opinions, take for example, 'I'm just one person, my vote wont make a difference.'
The next greatest threat to mankind is this sentence: 'This sentence is a lie'. It'll one day drive us all crazy contemplating that one. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 10/6/2007 9:43:24 PM | I think this is pretty simple really. AND obvious if one has read the Michael Crichton book "Prey". I believe there is good reason this book has not been made into a movie. Nor do I think it will EVER be, even though it easily COULD with today's state of the art special effects. The scariest part is that much of the technology discussed in the book is now available and/or getting close. It is very easy to see that what he discusses, WILL come to pass. There is no question of IF. The real question is WHEN.
Even just reading the opening monologue would frighten/scare many people who do not bother to keep up with today's cutting edge technologies and haven't the foggiest idea of just what mankind is capable of... or has already done!
It IS a long book but I highly recommend it. Just don't say I didn't WARN you! | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 10/7/2007 3:49:25 AM | | here is some to ponder over...1. one huge ateroid entering our atmosphere, intact!! 2. A new ice age, begun by global catastrophies, associated with volcanic eruptions, pollutants in the air, blocking sunlight. 3. water organisms so strong as to fight off chemical interventions at water treatment centers... thus having water all over the earth, unhealthy to drink. 4. wars, wars, wars!!! Aren't we humans, and if so, can't we come to face our differences with intellectual prowess, instead of playing the big Game, of killing... Political agendas need to be thouroughly examined for the good of the people, to actually warrant actions... but personally, with all of our stupid wars, and killings, what would mankind do, if the earth was invaded by ETs' ??? | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 11/3/2007 11:46:34 AM |
There's a thread about 2012 possibly being the end of mankind too. Who knows? Maybe Earth's path in the constellations will be the greatest threat.
I think that the greatest threat to mankind is the theory of moon escape. It is the greatest because it is insideously slow and if/when the planet earth loses the moon from it's orbit the earth will also lose it's magnetic field permanently. Without a moon all the continents will grind to a halt and planet earth will lose all it's oceans and seas and lakes and rivers and waterfalls and aquafers. Moon Escape=The End. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 11/3/2007 10:11:48 PM | would a society that only sees reason as its decision making be a good society to live in?
it isn't an all or none situation. Because we are humans, we have a huge emotional side. As such, we will never live in a society that is determined by 100% reason. However, our emotionality often informs our decision making processe in postive ways, so this isn't the problem. The problem lies in the fact that the people in power, let their reason be contaminated by ideological frameworks such as religion and the pursuit of the almighty dollar. The problem is that these people won't let their decision be informed by logical reasoning. So, if we lived in a society that at least used some reason to inform decisions, it would be an improvement over the society in which we live now. | |
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| Greatest threat to mankind?
Posted: 11/5/2007 12:59:28 PM | | I think that right now we're using up all of our resources. We're at the top of the food chain and all we are doing is reproducing. I think eventually there will be some kind of disease/virus that kills a lot of the population. Well needed to be honest. | |
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