Do You Think The Major Problem Confronting The Human Race Today Is Overpopulation?

Taken together these spiritual problems of the present age, i. E the falling away from religion into Atheism, the emergence of Religious Fundamentalism and the degeneration of spirituality into certain aspects of the New Age and the world of Cults, can be seen as a general decline in World Religion. The age of reason and the rise of Secular Humanism has brought with it an age of spiritual darkness, as characterized by the process of Secularization, the rise of Religious Fundamentalism, Cults and fringe Sects; along with the superficiality, not to mention the crass commercialism of the New Age.

/ The Problems of this World in the Realm of Pure Ideas, i.e. The problems contained in this fourth and final category seem a little abstract and less immediate than those of the first three. However as we will be demonstrating later in this Chapter, there is a tight relationship between the Problems of the World in the realm of pure ideas and the more apparent ones facing humankind.

For there is a causal relationship between what exists in the realm of pure ideas and the other problems of the World. In that abstract ideas become formulated into Political, Social and Economic Ideologies which in turn can give rise to the corresponding Political, Social and Economic Problems of the World, and in turn the Environmental and Ecological ones. But what are these problems in the realm of pure ideas.

They are comprise the as yet unanswered questions in Science, Philosophy and Theology and some of them are also the deepest puzzles that have occupied human minds since time immemorial. Questions such as what is the meaning of Life, what is the Nature of God, the nature of Existence, the puzzle of Time, the mystery of the Beginning of the Universe and the Nature of Consciousness and the question of Epistemology or what is knowledge, etc. More recent big questions in the Realm of Pure ideas include What is the relationship of Mathematics to Physical Reality, What is the destiny of the Universe and the exact workings of the process of Evolution of life. We have just presented a survey of some of the major problems of this world today.

We discussed problems that fit into four broad categories, firstly the problems relating to the environment and world ecosystem, secondly the problems concerning Social, Economic and Political matters including the coming One World Order. Thirdly we talked about some of the major Ideological Problems including the spiritual problems of the current age. In our fourth and final category we listed some of the outstanding and most major Scientific, Theological and Philosophical questions that are still waiting for an answer.

We explained how what happens in this more abstract realm of pure ideas affects the formulation of Ideologies which in turn can impact on the Social, Economic, Political, Environmental and Ecological Problems of the World. Of course it would be quite an undertaking to present an exhaustive list of the worlds problems. What we have tried to do is to describe some of those problems which are most global in scope.

We could also include issues such as Nuclear Proliferation or the emergence of super viruses and their potential for causing pandemics that could kill many millions of people. Though our survey is not exhaustive, nonetheless it does cover a very significant proportion of the most pressing concerning facing humanity today. There is a special reason why we have chosen the particular problems that we have included in our quite comprehensive, though not exhaustive, survey of the World Problems.

Furthermore there is a reason why we have categorized these problems in the way that we have and also for the order in which we have presented these problems categories; i.e. From the most concrete problems relating to the Environment and Ecosystems to the more abstract ones relating issues in the human quest for knowledge and understanding. This is in order to put ourselves in a position to describe a proposed solution to all these Problems of the World deriving from and underpinned by the idea that Everyone is God and the notion that the Prophecies are Now.

The above diagram shows two forks which correspond to two possible future outcomes for the Problems of the World Today. The Left Fork shows the continuation of the currrent trajectory that we’re finding ourselves in and is a dystopian social and environmental nightmare. The Right fork is what we’d like to happen with a scenario corresponding to a satisfactory outcome to the present predicament and the solution to the Problems of this World.

The major problems of this World are many and varied. From problems to do with the Environment and Planetary Ecosystem to those to do with Conflicts, Political Organization and Social Injustice. Also from issues relating to the process of Globalization and the coming One World Order, to those deriving from the often incompatible and sometimes contentious doctrines of some of the World’s major religions.

In isolation these problems may seem at best incredibly difficult and at worst completely intractable. When the inter-locking and mutually reinforcing nature of the Problems of this World are taken into account then any overall solution to any of these main concerns of the present age may seem like an impossible dream. However, when we deeply analyse all the problems of the World and fully understand the causal relationships that exist between them, then we discover a central problem from which all the other problems ultimately derive.

Once we identify this critical point and underlying vulnerability, then we can clearly see a way that all the really difficult and major problems of this World do indeed unravel into tractable ones that yield to perfectly feasible solutions. And conversely we also come to realize that without tackling this root cause of the problems of this World, then any proposal at any sort of lasting solution would be futile and doomed to failure. So where lies the ultimate solution to the problems of the World today?

The key idea being proposed here is that the root cause of the major problems of this world lies in the realm of ideas and with what people believe. In order to fix the problems of this World then it is necessary to fix the ideas that rule this World and which shape human attitudes and behaviour. Which in turn influences Social organization, Economic activity and Political policy.

For it is the ideas held in peoples minds, which cause them to do what they do. In order to change the World, change how people behave, in order to change the way people behave change what they think and in order to change what people think you have to change what they believe. The only way to change what people believe is to present them with compelling and convincing new ideas.

Therefore the solution to problems of this world lies in the power of the idea. Many people are familiar with the aphorism that ‘The Pen is Mightier than the Sword’. And it’s also often true that the Sword fights on behalf of the Pen.