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[Gregorian]

22. Thank you all for keeping this discussion alive. Let's solve the root problems, not the symptoms.

It's so odd that the things Jesus said were too simple for people to believe. And the forces opposing them too tempting to resist.

But the bottom line really is "love". It's terribly uncomfortable. Hate serves the ego, and it feels good. But it doesn't last, and it doesn't work. I know I'm simplifying things. Two people have a child they never intended to have, and that's where some of this comes from. How does one cherish that which they never intended to have? And then it snowballs from generation to generation. Not to mention fetal alcohol syndrome, among other things.

But the majority of the problems we experience today come from bad parenting. Bad parenting comes from a number of things which all stem from bad parenting. Screaming commercials, bad politics, greed, rage, fear.

Germany outlawed corporal punishment of children. It's a start. And it's a fact that abuse during the first years of childhood causes changes in brain physiology.

http://nospank.net/deut.htm

I dream of a society where people are healthy, and work together.