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70:2.1 In past ages a fierce [[war]] would [[institute]] [[social]] [[changes]] and [[facilitate]] the [[adoption]] of new [[ideas]] such as would not have occurred [[naturally]] in ten thousand years. The terrible price paid for these certain [[war]] advantages was that [[society]] was temporarily thrown back into [[savagery]]; [[civilized]] [[reason]] had to abdicate. [[War]] is strong [[medicine]], very costly and most [[dangerous]]; while often curative of certain [[social]] disorders, it sometimes kills the patient, destroys the [[society]].

70:2.1 In past ages a fierce [[war]] would [[institute]] [[social]] [[changes]] and [[facilitate]] the [[adoption]] of new [[ideas]] such as would not have occurred [[naturally]] in ten thousand years. The terrible price paid for these certain [[war]] advantages was that [[society]] was temporarily thrown back into [[savagery]]; [[civilized]] [[reason]] had to abdicate. [[War]] is strong [[medicine]], very costly and most [[dangerous]]; while often curative of certain [[social]] disorders, it sometimes kills the patient, destroys the [[society]].

70:2.2 The constant [[necessity]] for national [[defense]] creates many new and advanced [[social]] [[adjustments]]. [[Society]], today, enjoys the benefit of a long list of useful [[innovations]] which were at first wholly [[military]] and is even indebted to [[war]] for the [[dance]], one of the early [[forms]] of which was a [[military]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_drill drill].

70:2.2 The constant [[necessity]] for national [[defense]] creates many new and advanced [[social]] [[adjustments]]. [[Society]], today, enjoys the benefit of a long list of useful [[innovations]] which were at first wholly [[military]] and is even indebted to [[war]] for the [[dance]], one of the early [[forms]] of which was a [[military]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_drill drill].

70:2.3 [[War]] has had a [[social]] [[value]] to past [[civilizations]] because it:

70:2.3 [[War]] has had a [[social]] [[value]] to past [[civilizations]] because it:

70:2.4 [[War]] has had a certain [[evolutionary]] and selective [[value]], but like [[slavery]], it must sometime be abandoned as [[civilization]] slowly advances. Olden wars promoted [[travel]] and [[cultural]] [[intercourse]]; these ends are now better served by [[modern]] [[methods]] of [[transport]] and [[communication]]. Olden wars strengthened [[nations]], but modern [[struggles]] disrupt civilized [[culture]]. Ancient warfare resulted in the decimation of inferior peoples; the net result of [[modern]] [[conflict]] is the selective destruction of the best human stocks. Early wars promoted [[organization]] and [[efficiency]], but these have now become the aims of [[modern]] [[industry]]. During past ages war was a social ferment which pushed [[civilization]] forward; this result is now better [[attained]] by [[ambition]] and [[invention]]. Ancient warfare [[supported]] the [[concept]] of a [[God]] of battles, but modern man has been told that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV God is love]. War has served many valuable [[purposes]] in the [[past]], it has been an indispensable [[scaffolding]] in the building of [[civilization]], but it is rapidly becoming culturally bankrupt—incapable of producing dividends of [[social]] gain in any way commensurate with the terrible losses attendant upon its invocation.

70:2.4 [[War]] has had a certain [[evolutionary]] and selective [[value]], but like [[slavery]], it must sometime be abandoned as [[civilization]] slowly advances. Olden wars promoted [[travel]] and [[cultural]] [[intercourse]]; these ends are now better served by [[modern]] [[methods]] of [[transport]] and [[communication]]. Olden wars strengthened [[nations]], but modern [[struggles]] disrupt civilized [[culture]]. Ancient warfare resulted in the decimation of inferior peoples; the net result of [[modern]] [[conflict]] is the selective destruction of the best human stocks. Early wars promoted [[organization]] and [[efficiency]], but these have now become the aims of [[modern]] [[industry]]. During past ages war was a social ferment which pushed [[civilization]] forward; this result is now better [[attained]] by [[ambition]] and [[invention]]. Ancient warfare [[supported]] the [[concept]] of a [[God]] of battles, but modern man has been told that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV God is love]. War has served many valuable [[purposes]] in the [[past]], it has been an indispensable [[scaffolding]] in the building of [[civilization]], but it is rapidly becoming culturally bankrupt—incapable of producing dividends of [[social]] gain in any way commensurate with the terrible losses attendant upon its invocation.

70:2.5 At one time physicians believed in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting bloodletting] as a [[cure]] for many [[diseases]], but they have since [[discovered]] better remedies for most of these disorders. And so must the international bloodletting of war certainly give place to the [[discovery]] of better [[methods]] for curing the ills of [[nations]].

70:2.5 At one time physicians believed in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting bloodletting] as a [[cure]] for many [[diseases]], but they have since [[discovered]] better remedies for most of these disorders. And so must the international bloodletting of war certainly give place to the [[discovery]] of better [[methods]] for curing the ills of [[nations]].

70:2.6 The nations of [[Urantia]] have already entered upon the gigantic [[struggle]] between [[nationalistic]] militarism and industrialism, and in many ways this [[conflict]] is [[analogous]] to the agelong [[struggle]] between the herder-[[hunter]] and the [[Agriculture|farmer]]. But if [[industrialism]] is to triumph over militarism, it must avoid the [[dangers]] which beset it. The perils of budding [[industry]] on [[Urantia]] are:

70:2.6 The nations of [[Urantia]] have already entered upon the gigantic [[struggle]] between [[nationalistic]] militarism and industrialism, and in many ways this [[conflict]] is [[analogous]] to the agelong [[struggle]] between the herder-[[hunter]] and the [[Agriculture|farmer]]. But if [[industrialism]] is to triumph over militarism, it must avoid the [[dangers]] which beset it. The perils of budding [[industry]] on [[Urantia]] are: