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You are a country that is just now [[attaining]] a comfortable [[standard of living]] for almost all its [[citizens]]. Traditionally, in [[the universe]], once this is accomplished, then people feel freer to pursue higher spiritual [[goals]] and the [[motivation]] for work begins to turn toward [[service]] and away from [[profit]] and [[self-aggrandizement]]. This country will and must [[survive]].

You are a country that is just now [[attaining]] a comfortable [[standard of living]] for almost all its [[citizens]]. Traditionally, in [[the universe]], once this is accomplished, then people feel freer to pursue higher spiritual [[goals]] and the [[motivation]] for work begins to turn toward [[service]] and away from [[profit]] and [[self-aggrandizement]]. This country will and must [[survive]].

The people who [[embrace]] the [[sin]] of seeking destruction [[perversely]] twisted to be God’s will, [[understand]] God but little. These lands are full of people who claim outwardly to be [[pious]] and God-knowing men, while inwardly they are as ravening wolves, so to speak. These men twist the word of God and twist the [[minds]] of the [[vulnerable]]. There is no such thing as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_war holy war]. All [[war]] is [[evil]].

The people who [[embrace]] the [[sin]] of seeking destruction [[perversely]] twisted to be God’s will, [[understand]] God but little. These lands are full of people who claim outwardly to be [[pious]] and God-knowing men, while inwardly they are as ravening wolves, so to speak. These men twist the word of God and twist the [[minds]] of the [[vulnerable]]. There is no such thing as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_war holy war]. All [[war]] is [[evil]].

Your [[nation]] must defend itself and you must [[protect]] other civilized nations from the misguided [[conceptions]] that God requires [[humanity]] to be shackled to outdated [[beliefs]]. [[Eventually]], your world must take the best of the [[old testament]], and the [[Koran]], the best of the [[Upanishads]] and other spiritual [[writing]] and leave behind those things which were written for another time.You cannot move into the 21st century shackled by the [[mores]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_century 11th century] or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century 1st century]. America has always been a forward looking nation. Your peoples have experienced [[persecution]] within these borders and yet in the end you have [[integrated]] and you have moved on. This is a lesson for the world, to let go of [[ancient]] [[grievances]] and hatreds that are passed from generation to [[generation]]. Because America is free religiously and philosophically, your peoples have been able to make the [[adjustments]] necessary to live with each other in peace.

Your [[nation]] must defend itself and you must [[protect]] other civilized nations from the misguided [[conceptions]] that God requires [[humanity]] to be shackled to outdated [[beliefs]]. [[Eventually]], your world must take the best of the [[old testament]], and the [[Koran]], the best of the [[Upanishads]] and other spiritual [[writing]] and leave behind those things which were written for another time.You cannot move into the 21st century shackled by the [[mores]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_century 11th century] or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century 1st century]. America has always been a forward looking nation. Your peoples have experienced [[persecution]] within these borders and yet in the end you have [[integrated]] and you have moved on. This is a lesson for the world, to let go of [[ancient]] [[grievances]] and hatreds that are passed from generation to [[generation]]. Because America is free religiously and philosophically, your peoples have been able to make the [[adjustments]] necessary to live with each other in peace.

As my [[friend]] Ian has pointed out, there have been [[mistakes]] made as [[America]] tried to help the world to [[embrace]] her ways. Your [[leaders]] have tended to see the rest of the world by the [[standards]] that you enjoy here, but the [[reality]] is quite different and yes, many times your good [[intentions]] have gone very badly.

As my [[friend]] Ian has pointed out, there have been [[mistakes]] made as [[America]] tried to help the world to [[embrace]] her ways. Your [[leaders]] have tended to see the rest of the world by the [[standards]] that you enjoy here, but the [[reality]] is quite different and yes, many times your good [[intentions]] have gone very badly.