____________________________________________________________________romansh wrote:This reminds me of the JWs who come to my door and say what aterrible world we are living in..JamesN. wrote: [/i]The world's struggle for the various human populations to feed themselves and maintain a sustainable quality of life and still get along together I think is going to push this issue until they are forced to confront the fact that there is not enough of the earth's ability to sustain this trajectory; no matter what the agenda may be. One may debate this issue in any form or fashion they wish; but to me this reality is inescapable.
The problem is not that we are unsuccesful in serving the poor, it is because we have been all too successful (slipping into dualistic thought for the moment).
there is a series of you tubes for Hans Rosling here, which pretty much sums up what I mean.
Hey Rom; ( If you would; " please " make the connection with this area of the topic statement. )
My objective here in this discussion is the connection to Joe's work; ( with " some latitude " of course ).this topic might be a good vantage point with which to widen out in a practical way some of Joseph Campbell's thoughts on several levels while still keeping things more or less grounded