"Well, I think a government which adopted the teachings of Jesus would be no bad thing."
Jay-sus Christ - just what the world needs - yet another bunch of mystics thrown into the maelstrom of religious wars that the world is experiencing - I don't think.
Hasn't the name of Christianity been used enough to cause death, destruction and unhappiness on this planet - from sending our children to war right down to the right to sexually abuse them?
The teachings of Christ as read are totally impractical as well as being contradictory.
The humanitarian ideals of Christ are as remote from what is practiced and espoused by so-called Christians today, besides, any attempt to put them into practice would guarantee the would-be practitioner a one-way ticket to Guantanamo.
As things stand, the only way to make religion work in today's world is for it become totally a spiritual guide voluntarily accepted and with no access whatever to institutions of government or the establishment in general.
In my opinion, the best type of goverment to aim for as a short-term measure is one which acts equally in the interests of all the people - in fact, a total reversal of what is now happening.
Ideally, that Government should be elected by a people armed with all the facts and without the electoral hype and dishonesty we are all subjected to.
It should be subject to recall whenever it attempts to renege from its promised programme and should include elected representatives from every section of society, all with an equal say in how the country should be run.
That'll never happen in my time, and any attempts to put such a system into place are bound to be met by extreme resistance from our present "betters" - so there I can envisage more than a few bodies swinging from more than a few lamp-posts if such a suggestion is ever mooted.
I don't believe in violent revolution as a policy for change, but I know there are plenty who believe in violent reaction to change for the better.
Dream on Jim!!
Jim Carroll