Changes

[timothyu]

If God waved His wand overnight and you woke up to a world free of self interest/selfishness, what changes would you notice right away?

 

[Joseph G]

No mirrors.

 

[Laodicean60]

If God waved His wand overnight and you woke up to a world free of self interest/selfishness, what changes would you notice right away?

You'd prolly have a more giving world and genuine support for your neighbors.

 

[eleos1954]

If God waved His wand overnight and you woke up to a world free of self interest/selfishness, what changes would you notice right away?

Don't think God has a wand ... LOL .... we will ... one day ... we will wake up to a place where there is no sin ... it will be a serene and total peace that has never been experienced before ... and that will most certainly be very noticeable.

 

[bèlla]

Less technology (cell phones, social media, etc) and more engagement. Increased displays of kindness and good will. Forgiveness, reconciliation and stronger familial/communal bonds.

~bella

 

[timothyu]

Any cable news or politicians?

 

[Rose_bud]

Genuine love

 

[2PhiloVoid]

If God waved His wand overnight and you woke up to a world free of self interest/selfishness, what changes would you notice right away?

... that I could expect, for the first time, to actually trust my neighbor. I mean, what does that even feel like?

 

[timothyu]

... that I could expect, for the first time, I could actually trust my neighbor. I mean, what does that even feel like?

Well you might find your tools and ex-wife back on your doorstep. But I know, right?

 

[bèlla]

Any cable news or politicians?

We'd lose our fixation with both. Sound journalism would return and difficult stories wouldn't be glamorized or taken lightly. We'd grasp the gravity of hardship and evils afflicted upon our fellow man. I'd expect outpourings to follow suit resulting in greater demonstrations of charity and togetherness. People won't be afraid to get involved and we'd see homelessness in a different light and respond accordingly. I expect similar shifts in respect to morality and society's conscience.

Politicians will uphold the laws and seek the good will of all men. Not select groups. We'll see a lessening of greed, exploitation and human suffering. Which correlates with fair business practices, ethical institutions, better wages, and decreased financial disparities.

And I expect an end to celebrity culture and social veneration of popular persons. We'll celebrate others. Great and small.

~bella

 

[Rose_bud]

... that I could expect, for the first time, I could actually trust my neighbor. I mean, what does that even feel like?

Well you might find your tools and ex-wife back on your doorstep. But I know, right?

Lol.. everyone would get proper shut eye or rather eyes

 

[timothyu]

Which correlates with fair business practices, ethical institutions, better wages, and decreased financial disparities.

Stocks and shares may be gone hopefully due to their influence in driving prices of commodities out of the reach of common man or product size decreasing to a package only with the contents left to our imagination, all in the name of higher profits.

 

[timothyu]

What would people here on the forum do without the political chatrooms?

 

[timothyu]

Would churches actually teach of how self absorbed we are and how this was the result of the original sin of pursuing self interest? Would they more resemble an AA meeting? Would there be any need for them at all now that love (not of self) becomes a way of life for everyone?

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Well you might find your tools and ex-wife back on your doorstep. But I know, right?

Yes, getting those sorts of things back would definitely be a blessing for so many people in this world.

 

[timothyu]

Prisons would be empty except perhaps for psychosis and more importantly, those who served their time by human terms, would no longer find themselves persecuted and oppressed after their sentence was served.

 

[bèlla]

Stocks and shares may be gone hopefully due to their influence in driving prices of commodities out of the reach of common man or product size decreasing to a package only with the contents left to our imagination, all in the name of higher profits.

Market manipulation is done by the players and the government. You'd have to divorce the common man from reliance on fiat and increase his understanding and value of physical assets. It is better to possess the treasures beneath your land than those in a mine or tanker owned by others.

~bella

 

[bèlla]

What would people here on the forum do without the political chatrooms?

Local meetups would replace them.