It is amazing though…. Everyone wants peace, but it seems to elude mankind & his efforts to make it happen.
Because people tend to only accept peace on their terms.
Look at Ukraine.
Both sides want peace. Nobody likes to burn money and resources / people.
But peace for both sides currently comes with unreconcilable conditions. So the fighting continues.
And although many claim that “conditions are getting better”…. I’m afraid it is technological advances that mask how bad things really are.
That makes no sense. It's technological advances that have in fact illuminated the world.
Today, when somebody farts at the other side of the globe, we can know about it in 1 minute.
This wasn't the case 100 years ago. We know a lot more today then we knew back then. We are much better informed. In terms of current events and also in terms of statistics and societal health indexes and what not.
In fact... I would even say that the nature of our technological society, especially media, makes the world look a lot worse then it actually is.
When a "karen" acts horribly at a Starbucks, it goes instantly viral. But when a young dude helps an old lady cross the streets, it doesn't. That's not news worthy.
"The news will" always bring the bad news; the sensational.
A couple killed in gang wars gets more ratings then a hundred children getting better lives thanks to a team at an orphanage.
Skeptics are always saying, “We’re living longer than ever before.” Yes, but what kind of quality is it?
The quality overall, at least in secular democracies, is the best it has ever been in the entire history of mankind.
Just ask yourself....
Suppose you could pick
any country, at any time where you will be born and grow up, which would it be?
What you can not pick though is what your ethnic background will be, your sexual orientation, your gender or the cultural background (this includes religion).
So you could be a black christian, a black muslim, a white atheist, an asian atheist, a gay black hindu, a gay black atheist, a gay white catholic,... anything really.
Be honest now. Regardless which individual you end up being, in which countries at which times do you think you will have the best chance of a prosperous and secure life?
I can't imagine any other country then an old European secular democracy, after 1980. Like France, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, etc.
Worldwide, there’s more stress, emotional pain, selfishness & greed than ever before, adding to the distress of countless others. And as for sex…”anything goes! After all, we’re only animals.” (Or so the conditioned thinking has it.) And because most of society allows this nonchalant & irreverent attitude toward sex, making it easier to get….
I wonder where you get your intel.
Care to provide evidence for these claims?
the number of broken families & unhappiness increases.
Just for the fun of it: in the US, proportionally, there's more teenage pregnancy and "broken homes" among christian families then among atheist families.