This may be a delusion, but what if it were proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, that if the human population were to increase at the present rate, then, in the foreseeable future we, the human species, would not only make the Earth uninhabitable for most if not all other species, but also for ourselves.
It has been calculated that the world population increased from 1 billion in the year 1800 to 7.7 billion today. The United Nations estimate that by the year 2050 we shall reach a global population of 9.8 billion, and 11.2 billion by the year 2100. If fact, I'd suggest, that WHO, perhaps for political reasons, is vastly overoptimistic, and that the number would be much larger.
We are not talking politics, but survival of life on Earth.
Even so, apart from all the industrial and "normal" pollution, imagine that we all produce up to 1,500 milliliters of gas per day, and expel it in 10 to 20 farts. By the year 2100, an average of 15 farts emitted daily, by 11 billion people. That's 11,000,000,000 x 15 x 1,500ml x 365 days, each at near 40ºC (104ºF), each year. Now add the animals of all other species to compound the issue.
Talk of global warming!
You work it out... but it seems to me that it would be enough to melt both the North and the South poles. That would do wonders to our sea levels.
As of today, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 99% of the global population breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits, namely containing high levels of pollutants. While we can try to reduce other dangers to our lives in other fields, it is very difficult to ask people to stop breathing in order to remain healthy.
It would be most inadvisable.
If fact, people are likely to refuse.
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On the other hand, what if there was a group of influential rich men so concerned about the survival of our species, that they would devise a method of artificially reducing our burgeoning population by means both secret and illegal, yet effective in saving our species.
Under normal circumstances, such action would have been considered mass murder. Yet, another war would most likely employ atomic bombs, which it would destroy the human race rather than save it.
Other means would have to be devised.
Imagine a microorganism, of hardly any harm, being spread throughout the world. The killing part would be in the enforcement of remedial measures, which would, for instance, weaken or destroy our immune system. Yet, if such could be devised, world governments, in their abject ignorance, would surely participate in the enforcement of the remedial measures, unwittingly decimating their own citizens. After all, the vast majority of citizenry is used to obeying orders.
Some would survive, mostly the few who'd would not succumb to the surreptitious subterfuge of a small group of men. The men who could wield medical and political international influence. If successful, the reduction of population would be quite substantial.
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Mass murder is illegal. But what if the intention is to save the human species, not to destroy it? What if a group of men who'd take upon themselves the task of saving human species, would have unlimited finances and, to act surreptitiously, wield control over the medical profession that might counteract their intent. In other words, the profession of physicians would have to be under control. And the billions they'd make from the the drugs would make that easier.
If we assume that the Omnipresent Consciousness (God) is concerned with the Big Picture (Universe), hence with the survival of diverse species, would such a group of men also committed to balancing the survival of all species on Earth be evil, or... "saviours"?
To help you decide I recommend a book by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It's on Amazon. Otherwise, you'll have to cope with your own delusions...
You decide.
Of course, any such ministrations of our incipient intelligence are bound to fail. Not because they are good or bad, only because they deal with the effect, not the cause. E.g. a temporary loss of fertility would be a much easier answer. The Cause remains in the domain of the Omnipresent Energy of Creative Consciousness. IT alone will decide if or when we shall outlive our usefulness to the Phenomenal Universe. Until then, let us enjoy the gift of life as best we can. The Age of Aquarius will help us in this endeavor.
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GODS v SATANS
A question of balance
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