It has become apparent to me that earth is extremely vulnerable. I know what I am about to say will sound like insanity and most likely no one will listen and wave me off as a nut. Nothing new about that. People have never gravitated toward me.
No one wants to think about this, and no one certainly wants to talk about it. And if anyone does they are called a crazy. The fact is we have been very arrogant. We assume there is no life outside this planet and that our defenses are strong enough to combat anything that should attack us. Ridiculous! We don't even have a prototype for a space-worthy vessel. That I know of. I pray the government is hiding this big project. I pray I am not the only one thinking about this but that people in power have thought of this as well.
You can call me a science fiction freak. People who think I am allowing that to sway my judgment is ignorant. I am a realist. I am all about preparation. I don't want to be caught holding the bag. I don't want to be caught off-guard when another race comes knocking on our door. It is ignorant and stupid to assume none will. Every nation of this world began by thinking they were the only race in existence. Over time and with experience and education, we all learned there were other nations on the earth and that not all of them were exactly friendly.
What would happen if a fleet of ships showed up in earth's atmosphere and started firing? Oh yes I can hear the Christian mantra: "God won't let that happen. God will protect us." Like he protected the Jews? Like he protected the Christians after the resurrection? Don't get me wrong Jesus Christ is pretty much my life and I am not doubting his power. I am doubting mankind's assumptions about him. Where in the bible does it say God will reach down his hand and save us from our troubles? From what I can see we're all about facing down and triumphing over troubles. We thrive when the risk is the highest. Right?
So we cannot assume Jesus is going to come down and save us, protect us. Earth is ours; we have been given domination over it. He expects we can take care of it and protect it. Speaking of which, where did this "rescue me" syndrome come from? That's another blog post.
In order to create a defensive front against attack we must unite. It is that simple. Most people get itchy at the prospect of one-world government, or one-world religion for that matter. But that is the way it must be. The problem is man cannot handle absolute power. So what to do? I have my ideas. but no one wants to unite. We are all so individualistic and we don't want to give up any of our rights. Part of peace is the giving up of rights. It's just that simple.
All of Egypt united under one man and became one of the farthest reaching empires in human history. As well as Greece and China. They were run by cruel men who enslaved other men to suit their purposes. We understand this is the wrong way. So what is the right way? How is it possible for us all to unite under one banner without slavery? As a Christian I would say that is simple. As a human I would say not so much.
The simple fact is something no one wants to face. We will be approached by another race, now or later. The question is, will we be ready? and I do not mean to assume any race to come into contact with us will be a malevolent one. There is the chance that we might actually have good luck and a peaceful, exploratory race will come upon us and will merely desire trade relations and relationship. If that is the case we can't come out guns blazing. We could start an intergalactic war none of us would survive to see the end of. By 'ready' I mean prepared, for whatever the circumstance.
We have to have the intelligence not to be naive about our vulnerable position in the universe and yet we have to have the wisdom not to want to kill anything we don't understand. We are very far from that now. We skip from one extreme to the other. We either arrogantly assume there is no life outside this planet or we have a militant attitude and want to shoot anything we can't understand. We must have cunning AND wisdom. How is this possible?
