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Hope for the Future
D
o you see a bright future ahead? For you? For
bumanity? Personally. I do- and if you can join
me in saying that, you are one in a hundred
thousand!
Where is any
good news
today? Where is any future to
be found in nations developing nuclear weapons which
can erase al! human, animal and plant life from the earth?
Wh ere is any hope to be found in the wretchedness,
ignorance, poverty, squalor and filth in which more than
halfthe world's population lives? Where is any joyous
anticipation to be found in prosperous "have" nations
wherc sources of drinking water- the rivers and lakes- are
being polluted, where the air we breathe is being befouled,
the soil is worn out and contaminated, and the foods are
being robbed of nutrition in food factories; where bornes
and families are being broken up. crime is rapidly
increasing, racial problems and violence are erupting, and
sickness and mental disturbances multiplying?
Where is happiness today? Sixty years ago. driving
along country roads in Iowa,
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saw and heard farmers
plowing behind teams of horses, singing ha ppily as they
walked. Today, the farmers ride tractors- but where did
the singing and the happiness go?
Can we find encouraging reassurance for tomorrow on
university campuses where the leaders of tomorrow are
consigning morality to the limbo ofan outmoded past,
where suicides are on the increase, and where unproved
doctrines are being absorbed by impressionable minds?
Where do we find inspiration in the assertions ofworld
lcaders and the so-called "great ," who are warning us that
we must adjust toa future of growing problems and
dangers where there are NO SOLUTIONS?
Well , for those who hold the above prevailing concepts,
the future must indeed appear discouragingly bleak- if
they take a look at it instead ofkidding themselves into
assuming that by ignoring the dangers they will somehow
go away.
There is a CAUSE for every effect.
There is a CAUSE for the state of the world today. And
there has to be a CAUSE that will produce the peaceful and
happy world tomorrow. There had to be a first cause for
The
PLAIN TRUTH December 1977
the very existence of ma tter, of 1 ife, of torces and energies.
But today, it is considered "intellectual" lo be willingly
IGNORANT ofthat.
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have said before, that in the first two
centuries ofthe so-called Christian era, it was popular to
embrace gnosticism- meaning, "we know." But today, it is
popular to embrace agnosticism- meaning, "we don't
know-we are ignorant." Today, ignorance is embraced
and labeled "knowledge."
Is it IGNORANCE to recognize the facts of the great First
Cause who reveals the true cause of all of today's ills? Is it
wise, intellectual and knowledgeable to be deliberately
ignorant of basic facts and truth?
There are two main ways of life- two basic principles–
two fundamental philosophies. One is the way ofGIVING,
the other of GETTING. One is LOVE, the other LUST. Onc
believes it is more blessed to give than to receive. The
other insists that acquiring, taking, accumulating, through
the ways of competition, leads to progress and happiness.
The one way is God-centered, the other is SELF-centered.
The one accepts the golden rule, the other says. "Do it to
others befare they do it to you." The one is the way of the
divine nature; the other, the way of human nature. Th e
one is the way of humility; the other, of vanity.
This world- a ll civilization-this world's society- is
based on the hostile, competitive, SELF-centered way.
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has
produced every wail of human woe. It is the way that now
threatens the extinction ofhumanity.
This all means one thing. Man, imbued with human
nature, is utterly UNASLE to solve his problems. He can
only worsen problems and create new ones. By the
"knowledge" and efforts of man, this world is doomed and
hopeless.
fs there, then, nothing to live for? Is there no hope for
the future? Not within tbe knowledge, the skills and
abilities of this world's great minds. Of self-professed
"great" men, God says. "Professing themselves to be wise,
they have become fools!"
But there emphatically is a bright future ahead! The
world tomorrow- which
The Plain Truth
proclaims- will
bring world peace, universal prosperity, universal right
education, universal good health.
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