Sunday, December 2, 2012

WHAT CAN CURE AFGHANISTAN...?

CLEARLY THE AFGHANS ARE LIVING IN A 14TH CENTURY MUSLIM TRIBAL WORLD...

AND THE US MILITARY PRESENCE THERE...WITH THE BOMBING... IS DOING NO GOOD...

THE AFGHANS NEED SOMETHING ELSE....CHRISTIAN INVADERS AND OCCUPATION IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

AFGHANS DESPERATELY NEED TO GET INTO THE 20TH CENTURY...

THE BEST "CURE" FOR RELIGION IS EDUCATION....  WE SEE THIS IN THE US AND EUROPE NOW...BETTER EDUCATED PEOPLE TEND TO BE LESS RELIGIOUS...

AS EDUCATION INCREASES PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON "MAGICAL THINKING" TO MAKE SENSE OF LIFE...  THEY HAVE OTHER WAYS OF THINKING...AND THAT LEADS TO OTHER WAYS OF LIVING...

TO "FIX" AFGHANISTAN...INSTEAD OF BOMBS...THE US SHOULD OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO US UNIVERSITIES FOR THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF AFGHANS...ON CONDITION THAT THEY GO BACK TO AFGHANISTAN AND WORK IN THEIR COUNTRY FOR FIVE YEARS MINIMUM...

ADDITIONALLY THE WORLD COMMUNITY SHOULD TAKE A LONG LOOK AT RELIGION...AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO DEFEAT ITS HOLD ON THE THINKING OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE...

RELIGION IS A RELIC OF THE DARK AGES... WE KNOW THAT ITS MOSTLY NONSENSE...  BUT IT RULES US STILL BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL VICTIMS OF ITS MAGICAL THINKING.