Those who would use this forum to discuss political agendas which may or may not be related to the art irritate me, first because this should not be about politics and second because so many of you have spouted off about things you clearly know nothing about. As someone else noted above, you should read the Bible before attempting to apply, summarize, or analyze it. I would like to expand this suggestion to include science as well, since so many seem to have bought into what the media has told them instead of actually studying science themselves. This planet’s carrying capacity is believed to be approximately 11 billion people. We will never make it to 30 or 40 billion. From watching what has happened to other species at their carrying capacities, we can predict what will happen to us when we get there. The entire world will experience the war, famine, and disease that we currently see in Africa. Those with the technology will either go underground or attempt to escape the planet. For those who remain, most, if not all, will face death. The population will plummet as people die and the survivors are too sick or too busy fighting to reproduce. The remaining population, if there is one, will experience a great generation gap, since it will consist of only those who were too old or too young to fight. If the old do not live long enough to nurture the young, or if environmental damage has made everyone infertile, the entire human race will be extinct in one generation. If our species survives, we will experience a dark age. People will migrate in search of resources, and new civilizations will spring up where groups of people choose the same place to settle. The need to survive will outweigh the desire for education, and so the disaster will be forgotten until evidence is uncovered hundreds or thousands of years later. One needs only to look at history to see that this has happened on a local scale many times. Examples include the Minoans and the Mayans, among others.

open your minds. start caring…about anything but rejecting.

and yes, I too, would have a couple pot plants. who knows, it may be a long trip.