On 03/30/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Lee Lofaso: Re: Greetings From A New.

LL> However, it is not so much a question of limited resources, but rather how
LL> poorly mankind has managed those limited resources.  JS>A country can only


Excellent point, Lee. We dump boatloads of grain in the ocean in order to jack
up the price, while people in other nations starve. We over-fish when we think
no one is looking, and we destroy virgin forests in order to profit from the
oil, gas and other commodities contained therein, and on and on it goes. This
world is all about money and profit, and "Love thy neighbor as thyself" has
been blown to the wind. Truly sad.

It is true indeed that conservative Christianity once served as a restraining
force in the USA and in other nations, but it is slowly disappearing. I also
concur that Judaism is a much more liberal, secular religion, unless one is an
Orthodox Jew...although with so much serious compromise now occurring in the
American Christian church, is there really that much difference. The Muslims
have certainly gotten it right on some of the social issues, but spiritually
and politically, they are also lacking in my view.

BTW, have you ever seen the old British futuristic sci-fi movie "ZPG: Zero
Population Growth"? It came out in 1972 and stars Oliver Reed and Geraldine
Chaplin. It was a very interesting movie in which, you guessed it, having
children was outlawed unless it was sanctioned by the  government. Children
were replaced with robots, instead, and people were taught, or expected, to
love them.

Jeff

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