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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]].
70:2.2 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].
70:2.3 [[War]] has had a [[social]] [[value]] to past [[civilizations]] because it:
*1. Imposed [[discipline]], enforced [[co-operation]].
*2. Put a premium on [[fortitude]] and [[courage]].
*3. Fostered and solidified [[nationalism]].
*4. Destroyed weak and unfit peoples.
*5. Dissolved the [[illusion]] of [[primitive]] [[equality]] and selectively stratified [[society]].
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 [http://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]].
70:2.6 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:
*1. 70:2.7 The strong drift toward [[materialism]], spiritual blindness.
*2. 70:2.8 The [[worship]] of [[wealth]]-[[power]], [[value]] distortion.
*3. 70:2.9 The vices of [[luxury]], cultural immaturity.
*4. 70:2.10 The increasing [[dangers]] of indolence, [[service]] insensitivity.
*5. 70:2.11 The [[growth]] of undesirable racial softness, [[biologic]] deterioration.
*6. 70:2.12 The threat of standardized [[industrial]] [[slavery]], [[personality]] stagnation. [[Labor]] is ennobling but drudgery is benumbing.
70:2.13 Militarism is [[autocratic]] and cruel—[[savage]]. It promotes [[social]] [[organization]] among the [[conquerors]] but disintegrates the vanquished. [[Industrialism]] is more civilized and should be so carried on as to promote [[initiative]] and to encourage [[individualism]]. [[Society]] should in every way possible foster [[originality]].
70:2.14 Do not make the mistake of [[glorifying]] [[war]]; rather [[discern]] what it has done for [[society]] so that you may the more accurately [[visualize]] what its substitutes must provide in order to [[continue]] the advancement of [[civilization]]. And if such adequate substitutes are not provided, then you may be sure that war will long continue.
70:2.15 Man will never accept [[peace]] as a [[normal]] mode of living until he has been thoroughly and repeatedly convinced that [[peace]] is best for his [[material]] welfare, and until [[society]] has wisely provided peaceful substitutes for the [[gratification]] of that [[inherent]] [[tendency]] periodically to let loose a [[collective]] drive [[designed]] to [[liberate]] those ever-accumulating [[emotions]] and [[energies]] belonging to the self-preservation [[reactions]] of the [[human]] [[species]].
70:2.16 But even in passing, [[war]] should be [[honored]] as the school of [[experience]] which compelled a [[race]] of arrogant individualists to submit themselves to highly [[concentrated]] [[authority]]—a [[chief executive]]. Old-fashioned war did select the [[innately]] great men for [[leadership]], but [[modern]] war no longer does this. To [[discover]] [[leaders]] [[society]] must now turn to the conquests of [[peace]]: [[industry]], [[science]], and social achievement.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_70 Go to Paper 70]</center>
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[[Category:Paper 70 - The Evolution of Human Government]]
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].
70:2.3 [[War]] has had a [[social]] [[value]] to past [[civilizations]] because it:
*1. Imposed [[discipline]], enforced [[co-operation]].
*2. Put a premium on [[fortitude]] and [[courage]].
*3. Fostered and solidified [[nationalism]].
*4. Destroyed weak and unfit peoples.
*5. Dissolved the [[illusion]] of [[primitive]] [[equality]] and selectively stratified [[society]].
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 [http://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]].
70:2.6 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:
*1. 70:2.7 The strong drift toward [[materialism]], spiritual blindness.
*2. 70:2.8 The [[worship]] of [[wealth]]-[[power]], [[value]] distortion.
*3. 70:2.9 The vices of [[luxury]], cultural immaturity.
*4. 70:2.10 The increasing [[dangers]] of indolence, [[service]] insensitivity.
*5. 70:2.11 The [[growth]] of undesirable racial softness, [[biologic]] deterioration.
*6. 70:2.12 The threat of standardized [[industrial]] [[slavery]], [[personality]] stagnation. [[Labor]] is ennobling but drudgery is benumbing.
70:2.13 Militarism is [[autocratic]] and cruel—[[savage]]. It promotes [[social]] [[organization]] among the [[conquerors]] but disintegrates the vanquished. [[Industrialism]] is more civilized and should be so carried on as to promote [[initiative]] and to encourage [[individualism]]. [[Society]] should in every way possible foster [[originality]].
70:2.14 Do not make the mistake of [[glorifying]] [[war]]; rather [[discern]] what it has done for [[society]] so that you may the more accurately [[visualize]] what its substitutes must provide in order to [[continue]] the advancement of [[civilization]]. And if such adequate substitutes are not provided, then you may be sure that war will long continue.
70:2.15 Man will never accept [[peace]] as a [[normal]] mode of living until he has been thoroughly and repeatedly convinced that [[peace]] is best for his [[material]] welfare, and until [[society]] has wisely provided peaceful substitutes for the [[gratification]] of that [[inherent]] [[tendency]] periodically to let loose a [[collective]] drive [[designed]] to [[liberate]] those ever-accumulating [[emotions]] and [[energies]] belonging to the self-preservation [[reactions]] of the [[human]] [[species]].
70:2.16 But even in passing, [[war]] should be [[honored]] as the school of [[experience]] which compelled a [[race]] of arrogant individualists to submit themselves to highly [[concentrated]] [[authority]]—a [[chief executive]]. Old-fashioned war did select the [[innately]] great men for [[leadership]], but [[modern]] war no longer does this. To [[discover]] [[leaders]] [[society]] must now turn to the conquests of [[peace]]: [[industry]], [[science]], and social achievement.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_70 Go to Paper 70]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 70 - The Evolution of Human Government]]
