Violent crime has reduced, certainly.
Sin is a choice. Mankind has the choice to stop sinning. We could choose peace w/ each other, and fight to save our planet instead. We COULD....
We can do this.
Very good, young man, very good.
I didn't mention weapons or killing, and the available statistics contradict your view. For example, Long Term Historical Trends in Violent Crime.I don't think so. The degree of violence is not weapon dependent or casualty dependent. A simple kitchen knife can do very very violent crime. A very small scale ancient cold-weapon battle can kill hundreds of people.
Hold your praise...til we actually "do this".
Young people want to fight climate change.
We know the consequence.
I didn't mention weapons or killing, and the available statistics contradict your view. For example, Long Term Historical Trends in Violent Crime.
Young people don't have enough knowledge, experience, or resources to mount an effective campaign against climate change.
Manmade greenhouse gases are going to increase, not decrease. These gases result from manufacturing and commerce, which sustains the economy. While some may reduce consumption most cannot or will not, thus man's contribution to climate change will not decline but likely increase.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
May be. But they say it loudly: WE CAN DO IT.
They should be encouraged. Shouldn't they?
Not necessarily; the stats say it's a long-term trend.Are you saying we have the lowest rate of crime in human history now?
The stats show an obvious downward trend.And do you think the crime rate decreases so obviously with time?
I don't think an intelligent person would expect violent crime to fall to zero (short of humans going extinct).According to the data, how many more years would we expect that there will be no crime in this world?
The Eisner paper is considered the 'go-to' aggregation of historical sources; which of his data sources do you not think trustworthy - all of them? There are other sources, Ted R. Gurr's Historical Trends in Violent Crime, or on more recent times: Violent crime in the U.S. over the past 25 years. Here's one on homicides with data from Eisner and other sources.Well, this seems to be another case that I do not trust the data in the article you quoted.
What principle is that? The data is what it is.You really want to have the data fit your principle, rather than vice versa.
Oh, wait... maybe Eisner and his sources, Pinker and his sources, national record gatherers in countries around the world, the FBI, the Bureau of Justice, Uncle Tom Cobley and all, are in a giant conspiracy to fake a decline in violence!This is becoming more and more critical in today's world that data are pouring out in masses. Data is becoming the source or the tool of deceiving.
The guy was college-age--did not go to college--who came up with the big tether line that they sent to the mid-Pacific Ocean to gather up the plastic.
That is not good that the old people basically screwed the planet up, left it to the young people, and then they tell the young people they can't fix it.
Manmade greenhouse gases are going to increase, not decrease. These gases result from manufacturing and commerce, which sustains the economy. While some may reduce consumption most cannot or will not, thus man's contribution to climate change will not decline but likely increase.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
I don't see how you can say that in good conscience, it sounds like a resignation to evil and to despair, which is a sin.
I'm just applying God's prophetic word to this particular problem. I think it's prudent to caution people about what's coming.
Not necessarily; the stats say it's a long-term trend.
The stats show an obvious downward trend.
I don't think an intelligent person would expect violent crime to fall to zero (short of humans going extinct).
The Eisner paper is considered the 'go-to' aggregation of historical sources; which of his data sources do you not think trustworthy - all of them? There are other sources, Ted R. Gurr's Historical Trends in Violent Crime, or on more recent times: Violent crime in the U.S. over the past 25 years. Here's one on homicides with data from Eisner and other sources.
What principle is that? The data is what it is.
Oh, wait... maybe Eisner and his sources, Pinker and his sources, national record gatherers in countries around the world, the FBI, the Bureau of Justice, Uncle Tom Cobley and all, are in a giant conspiracy to fake a decline in violence!
How convenient that your interpretation of the Bible absolves you of personal responsibility.