Tuesday 6 November 2012

Imagine

I have borrowed the title of today’s post from John Lennon. While the lyrics of Lennon’s famous song mainly relate to: “a brotherhood of man ……. sharing all the world” my words concern environmental, health, wellness and justice issues which constitute a similar proposition. 
                                                                                             Imagine a world without pollution in which weather patterns are not distorted by emissions from dirty industries, oil based fuels for cars and transportation generally, into to the atmosphere causing global warming. The heating up of the planet is having the following influences on worldwide weather: leaving low-lying coastal regions and cities at risk of flooding from higher seas and storms; having an influence on global food production because of droughts in certain parts of the world and excess rain in others both having a disturbing effect on food production and making prices go up as a consequence; causing artic ice to shrink resulting in loss of habitat for animals and fish dependent upon it.

Imagine a healthier world without junk food, convenience food, street drugs, and the need for less prescription drugs. Lots of health problems could be prevented from occurring in the first instance if people had a healthier diet. The incidence of diseases such as cancer, diabetes and arthritis per head of the population has increased more than a hundredfold in the past 150 years as a consequence of the introduction of processed foods taking people away from nourishing basic foods. The introduction of sugar in all its different forms into foodstuffs and soft drinks has also greatly contributed to health problems. The medical establishment’s response to this compounded situation is prescription drugs. The latter at best only give a temporary respite from the symptoms, and do not address the root causes of problems which usually relate to a poor diet.

Imagine a world without famine. More than 10 million children under the age of five die in the world every year. Of those, more than 60% die from diseases brought on by malnutrition. Despite some developed countries giving generously to famine-stricken ones in the form of aid, a lot of the latter is taken by corrupt officials or armed groups in the countries concerned. It is much better to help people at a local level to invest in seed banks and distribution within a region in order to make the best use of the land. Any aid contributed should be channelled directly to local organizations, as far as possible, in order to avoid corrupt officials siphoning off money for themselves.

Imagine some of the injustices that exist in the world being sorted out. In recent days we have had the third presidential debate in the US election which concentrated on foreign policy issues. The two combatants, Obama and Romney, when discussing the Middle East agreed that American interests in the region exactly coincided with those of Israel, neglecting to mention at all the right of the Palestinian people to a homeland. Such an oversight only serves to further the views of those advocating armed conflict in order to bring the issue once again to world attention.
 
The United Nations are the only trans world organisation trying to sort out some of the problems highlighted above. However, they are hampered in some cases by their own rules such as the Security Council’s inability to secure a vote condemning Assad of Syria because of the need for all permanent members to agree on such a resolution. Church leaders, and especially Christian church ones, have failed to provide any guidance beyond their own narrow and generally prejudiced views of the issues facing mankind. Only the Bible provides hope in that when things get awfully bad on this planet, the Book of Revelation predicts an intervention from on high because of man’s inability to sort out problems of his own making.

14 comments:

  1. I appreciate your concerns! We share many of the concerns especially in terms of environment. I hope u would read my recent post on chemtrails and share ur view and awareness on ithttp://jerlyt.blogspot.in/2012/11/chemtrails-what-could-they-be-for.html

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  2. I imagine a whole lot happier people in this world if those to happen. Thanks for sharing!

    xx,
    klee

    kisskissbyklee.blogspot.com

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  3. Since I did the post above 10 days ago, the strikes by Israel on Hamas in Gaza, yesterday, proves how important sorting ouy a homeland fot the Palestinians is as an issue in this volatile part of the world.

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  4. Kieran were is your information on Bible Truth interested in your views...

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  5. You can see my views on the Bible by going to the Pages heading on the home page and then clicking on Bible Truths

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  6. President Obama is showing bias towards Israel in his statements on the Middle East conflict. Yesterday he said " I recognise Israel's right to defend itself " without mentioning at all the right of the 3.8 million Palestenians in the terrotries to a homeland. It is about time Obama extended the sense of fairness that he has displayed in domestic US politics to the Palestinian people in his foreign policy.

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  7. Now that a ceasefire has been agreed between Hamas and Israel, it is about time a homeland for the Palestinians was given top priority in the region, with a now democratic Egypt playing a constructive role in facilitating it.

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  8. It is high time the whole world got behind the idea of a Palestinian state with a view to shifting Israel and their American backers from the position they have held hitherto. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, wants to kick the idea of a Palestinian state into the long grass for the foreseeable future. I would like to see the Israeli electorate get rid of him at the earliest opportunity as he is impeding peace in the region.

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  9. It is good to see the majority of nations in the UN General Assembly yesterday voting overwhelingly to recognize Palestine as a state, in the face of the opposition of Isreal and the US. The scale of the defeat represented a strong and public repudiation for Israel and the US, who find themselves out of step with the rest of the world.

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  10. Kieran, I do agree to your article but I dont agree to the fact that Palestine needs to be free with outside help. Why should the world decide what Palestine and Israel want. It is their land and let them decide. It is also pertinent to note here that radical Islam started with Palestine in the form of PLO, PLUF etc and now we are seeing the rise of Hamas. I dont prefer a world where the Ladies are restricted to house, the religion decides what we wear, what we play or what we see on our TV.

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  11. Thanks for your comment on my post, Vijay. Whilst it is essentially the Palestinians and Isrealis who have got to sort out the problem, the Palestinians are at a disadvantage in any negotiations because the Israelis have had a state this past 64 years and they have been denied one. The Palestinians could therefore do with outside help in order to facilitate equal negotiations.

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  12. I am glad to see that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, is severely weakened as a result of the latest elections. He has been an impediment to peace in the Middle East, especially on the issue of a homeland for the Palestinians in recent years

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