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    Gosh, you are a black and white fellow, or become as such, led to a belief in a black and white universe which is an impossible state for humans in which to exist. This has been shown to be true by your own JW members who have committed many heinous crimes against children. So be careful what you wish for.

    He identified the root of the problem as being the inherent wickedness from within.
    (Jeremiah 17:9) The heart is more treacherous than anything else and is desperate. Who can know it?

    You seem to have a pathological contempt for humans. Inherent wickedness is no more than human nature in want of a moral education. The heart is treacherous and desperate because we are an instinctive creature loaded up with self-preservation. We are not born wicked, we are born human and we are all then offered a program by G.d to bring ourselves under control. Did you yourself not change from somebody you would call wicked and worldly to what you are today?

    To correct the matter will first require the elimination of the wicked.
    (Proverbs 2:22) As for the wicked, they will be cut off from the earth, And the treacherous will be torn away from it.

    You sound like a Dalek from Doctor Who. Eliminate, eliminate, exterminate. The wicked may be cut off somewhat, but what does this mean? Might it not be a process of education, systems of moral education, better forms of governance. A process of constructively loving somebody from a negative state to a positive state? How lucky are you that G.d didn't destroy the wicked before you joined the JW. Do you forget already?

    Only then will peace be attainable.
    (Psalm 37:11) But the meek will possess the earth, And they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.

    Is it meek to constantly call down the wrath of G.d? The exquisite delight of peace after all those wicked have been torn away. Do you hear yourself? These Scriptures are highly condensed. Remember, one day of G.d is a year or even a thousand years. So these Scriptures speak of long, drawn-out processes of change implemented by people who obey His Will, not instances of unfettered carnage.

    I would imagine that long, drawn-out processes of change might look something like what Kam is proposing. If the Baha'is achieve something within a thousand years, this is the same as G.d tearing the treacherous away, is it not?

    Relax, be happy. Too much excitement for one day.
 
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