In Genesis 11 we are given an account of the people of Earth deciding to build a city with a tower that reaches toward heaven. God then has a very interesting reaction.
He says "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
The implication here is that if all people are united, no matter what the purpose, we could accomplish it. Nothing would be impossible for us. Things like peace, the end of any starvation, curing cancer and stopping genocide are all possible if everyone wanted them.
The impossible task seems to be getting everyone in the world to come together behind a common cause. The world is so riddled with division that it seems near impossible to get even small groups united behind a cause.
I forget the guy's name but I was reading about him the other day and he believed that the growing population was destroying our advancement and keeping us from ever reaching our highest social and economic goals. A lot of people disagree with that believing instead that more people equates to more mind power and labor that can contribute.
What do you think? Could the world ever overcome its many differences in order to pursue a common goal? Is the constantly growing population hurting mankind or helping it? Take a few minutes to read the account of the tower of Babel, it is in Genesis in the first part of chapter 11 and see how it strikes you.
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No way are we (the earth) over-populated. Have you ever driven across the USA? We might be over-congragated (the 91 freeway, Honolulu, etc) As to the potential that God sees in humanity-united, I doubt He acted with positive potential in mind.
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