You might say I'm a dreamer?

I just don't understand what's going on in the world? Why are hundreds dying at the hands of terrorists, thousands dying in wars, hundreds of thousands dying of starvation and countless millions dying of disease? I don't understand why... :-/

Could religion be the course of all or some of these problems?

But don't all religions be they Taoism, Islam, Christianity, Shinto etc. basically preach the same message. Just Love and be most excellent to one another.

"Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal." - The Dalai Lama

So can I conclude that most of the problems in the world aren't caused by religion? Can I for just one moment, "Imagine there's no heaven"?

[OK OK so I'm having a real hard time rationalizing this whole 'God(s)' does really exist thing; so I'll play at 'Devils Advocate'. Let's try and consider a world with no form of 'control over the masses'... Yep that will do it; maybe we do need religion...]

So are any single countries to blame?

Haven't most of the countries in the world via the UN tried to help when and where they could in the Balkans, in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Africa etc. Doesn't the international community at least try to do the right thing, if it always does seem to be to little to late in most cases.

So can I conclude that most of the problems in the world aren't caused by countries politicking? Can I for just one moment, "Imagine there's no countries"?

[Again, I'm having a real hard time thinking 'The Liberation Forces' would of entered Iraq if they didn't have a guaranteed return on investment from the copious quantities of Oil].

So surely then the problems must be down to individuals and their greed?

But no single individual has that amount of power, even George W. has to answer to someone [OK admittedly the population of America aren't all NASA scientists but hey... :-/ ]. Surely, no single person has that degree of power and a lust for greed that knows no bounds as to course this amount of devastation and deprivation in the world. Surely no-one wants to own the world and all its resources.

So can I conclude that most of the problems in the world aren't caused by individuals? Can I for just one moment, "Imagine no possessions"?

[Again, I'm having a real hard time believing Tony doesn't actually class himself up there in the religious section and personally believes he has to answer to no-one. Oh and don't even start me off on the whole Bill Gates thing].

So if I'm imagining all these things in my moment of 'clarity', why is the world not living as one?.... That's because I'm not progressive or free-thinking enough to be a dreamer...

Imagine - John Lennon - 1971 - Isn't it just devastating to our world that the individuals leading our Countries and religions aren't as enlightened, and that each of us just aren't equally commited to 'sharing the world'?

I was thinking of proposing John to be canonised... Maybe Saint Lennon of Liverpool :-) [It does appear that they're not being that fastidious in Rome at the moment].

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