Can humans ever achieve peace?

@adobb, No we cannot. You cannot have cultural/religious/ethical beliefs & practices as diverse as our race’s and maintain universal peace. It just can’t happen. Beliefs and practices aside altogether, as products of Nature, we are inherently hardwired to fight over resources, food, shelter, etc (just like every other animal!) Given our intellect and use of tools, we have evolved to create many creative and nightmarish ways of conducting those fights.

Embrace conflict as part of a greater balance–a means of controlling the population of a species which has the capability to entirely deplete Earth’s resources singlehandedly–you may just find peace in that!

I think it’s all a question of wether we can learn to tolerate each other – i don’t care what peoples beliefs are – as long as they don’t bother me, and if they do I try to imagine what made them do that, and once I get to the conclusion that there must always be a reason of some kind it get’s easier to forgive them. If everyone had this mindset I couldn’t see how an actual war could come about. Sadly this kind of mindset takes sacrifice of your pride and resources, something a lot of people aren’t too fond of. Right now I can’t really see it. but then again though the world is so intricate the answers are so damn simple!

@adobb, Yes – they, (and they means you) can. They must begin by trying.

I think that it is in theory possible for humans to achieve peace, but due to our way of like it would be hard if not impossible to reach. If everyone changed the way they think I believe it would be quite possible.

@adobb, I don’t know if we can ever achieve total, complete peace, but I do think that a lot of violence and crime ultimately has its roots in lack. If everybody had enough stuff to survive, I think a lot of the violence would go away. I mean, there’s probably going to be assholes who are never satisfied always wanting more, and bullies, and just plain crazy people who enjoy hurting others, but then, we’ll just have to get to the roots of those psychological conditions. I saw a video shortly after the Embassy attacks in North Africa this year by the Amazing Atheist on YouTube, something about giving the Middle East an Ipod. Basically he said everyone there is so pissed off because religion is all they have, and they don’t have any other distractions like all the modern stuff we’ve got in the first world. Kind of like how in the inner cities here, there’s not much else for people to do but join gangs, society doesn’t provide a more attractive alternative. So yea, I agree. I’m not saying consumerist culture is the answer at all, I’m just saying if you give people something to do, they’ll probably choose that over violence.

Not with me around bitchez

Get rid of these hypocritical religions.

I would take out all religion, if I was to make the first step towards peace.

I think peace is possible. These next few months / years are going to be so challenging for us, but if we get through them as a conscious, compassionate collective, then I believe that a peaceful utopia could be ours.