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1.   Jul 22, 2006 8:29 PM

» pink101 - The Future

In response to In Search of Truth posted by RLSharp:

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Sure.
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The "dangers that face us today" describes the predicament in who are being prepared to go into a form of bondage to an authority that is convincing us that it operates on our behalf. Many of them are bald faced liars. There are many dangers in that dark alley with them.
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When we think about folks who want to base their reality on the premodern--ideas out of the dark ages and earlier--we know they want us to give in to an authority they want to have over us. Theirs is a backward way of dealing with the exigencies of life. We need leaders--of vision--who get involved with us--ones who are openly honest with us about our best interests. When a people is convinced that it should go back to a better (?) time, it has been trapped. There has never been a time in the past as good as the present. We need to learn about the alternatives and the possibilities for improvement as we move into the future. We are capable of great things.
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-- posted by pink101


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