How the world should be ...

Monday, May 23, 2011. How would a world be that would be really good to live in? What are the things which are not as they should be? Have you ever made your own concept of a world as you would make it if this would be possible?

How should things be? …

What things should be changed immediately in this world and how should they be changed? Have you ever thought about this? It is one of the things I always think about when ever I start to look at something. It might be my special gift to think about structures and setups in a very basic way. But I know that many people long for a better world. That is our topic now: how could it be designed?

Let us just take one point and formulate the better alternatives. For example, let us think about money. Who has a lot of money? Who needs money? How should a society deal with it?

We might give the same amount of money to everyone every month. But some will spend it, some will keep a good part of it. Then, after a year or so, there will be some with a lot of money which they have saved. Others have nothing left, all is spent. We realize that it did not help to give the same to everyone to create equal circumstances for their life - they are all different!

We need to find a different approach! …

The above example immediately shows that things are more complicated. Perhaps it is not the point to give the same amount to everyone. We need everyone to have enough to live. But even that is difficult, since some need a lot, others very little. So if we could control how much everyone needs … ? Would that be a solution? It might interfere a lot with personal freedom, though!

God's approach to these questions is different from what we have discussed so far. He gives freedom to the people. He does not give precise rules about how much people should get or earn, how much we should have. But the rule he gives is to love the other people around us (our neighbors). And we should act with love. That will give us a guidance on how to treat them!

Love will not make people equal. But it will change our relationships. And since love also means that we are friendly and supportive and that we help each other, it will change the distribution of ressources as well. If soneone really needs help, he will get help in a world where people love each other. This world will be full of fairness and justice, full of appreciation and consideration - with or without money. God's approach is different … and much better indeed! ... more texts