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Right now our average global temperature is about 59 degrees Fahrenheit. These proposals would drive it back to 46 degrees Fahrenheit. which means we'd have more ice in northern hemisphere, forest died, extinction levels. Here's the bottom line. It's not good for us. Those proposals are not good for humans. And you say, well, who's it good for? There's a whole conversation around that.
Right now our average global temperature is about 59 degrees Fahrenheit. These proposals would drive it back to 46 degrees Fahrenheit. which means we'd have more ice in northern hemisphere, forest died, extinction levels. Here's the bottom line. It's not good for us. Those proposals are not good for humans. And you say, well, who's it good for? There's a whole conversation around that.
So that's one thing right there. Now let's take it to the next level. Let's look at what's happening. We are being encouraged to have conflict. Right now, the wars, you see very few people trying to back off and deescalate. Everybody's full scale ahead. Now, hopefully that's going to change.
So that's one thing right there. Now let's take it to the next level. Let's look at what's happening. We are being encouraged to have conflict. Right now, the wars, you see very few people trying to back off and deescalate. Everybody's full scale ahead. Now, hopefully that's going to change.
But at the time of this conversation, there's a very real concern of the kind of wars that we haven't seen since the Cold War in the 1980s with nuclear weapons. What is the outcome of that? What we see is we're being encouraged for the nations of the world to deplete their weapons, deplete their resources, deplete their manpower. All right. That's not good for us. And that's happening.
But at the time of this conversation, there's a very real concern of the kind of wars that we haven't seen since the Cold War in the 1980s with nuclear weapons. What is the outcome of that? What we see is we're being encouraged for the nations of the world to deplete their weapons, deplete their resources, deplete their manpower. All right. That's not good for us. And that's happening.
So now we've got a remaking of the planet that's not good for us. We've got a remaking of our defenses that's not good. And now you look at society. And the social bonds that hold us together as families and communities and societies are systematically being dismantled. It started right around 2014 with the Occupy movement, the rich against the poor, which is an important conversation.
So now we've got a remaking of the planet that's not good for us. We've got a remaking of our defenses that's not good. And now you look at society. And the social bonds that hold us together as families and communities and societies are systematically being dismantled. It started right around 2014 with the Occupy movement, the rich against the poor, which is an important conversation.
We need to have it in a kind way to solve the problem, but it was weaponized to divide us. rather than used as a way to bring us together. And then it went from that to men against women. Important conversation. It was weaponized. It went blacks against whites, Christians against Muslims, Jews against Muslims. Now men against women again, adults against children, the whole gender issue.
We need to have it in a kind way to solve the problem, but it was weaponized to divide us. rather than used as a way to bring us together. And then it went from that to men against women. Important conversation. It was weaponized. It went blacks against whites, Christians against Muslims, Jews against Muslims. Now men against women again, adults against children, the whole gender issue.
And when we allow ourselves to get drawn in to these conversations that hit those primal instincts that elicit states of consciousness, that betray our very nature, they elicit hate, they elicit revenge, they elicit fear. That steals from us the very essence of our humanness. And I'm going to talk about that here in just a moment. So now that's being happening.
And when we allow ourselves to get drawn in to these conversations that hit those primal instincts that elicit states of consciousness, that betray our very nature, they elicit hate, they elicit revenge, they elicit fear. That steals from us the very essence of our humanness. And I'm going to talk about that here in just a moment. So now that's being happening.
You put this all together and you begin to look. There's a systematic movement to remake this world in a way. I'm 70 years old. I've never seen this in my 70 years. Really? Here's where this is different from any time in the past. A systematic movement to remake the world around us and a systematic movement to remake the world within us. Because we now have the technology.
You put this all together and you begin to look. There's a systematic movement to remake this world in a way. I'm 70 years old. I've never seen this in my 70 years. Really? Here's where this is different from any time in the past. A systematic movement to remake the world around us and a systematic movement to remake the world within us. Because we now have the technology.
to change the biology of our bodies, to change what it means to be human. And we are the prize, Lewis. This is what I want to say. This is what our viewers to know. I want people to have a deeper appreciation and be proud of our humanness because it's through our humanness that we have access to something that no other form of life has. And that is
to change the biology of our bodies, to change what it means to be human. And we are the prize, Lewis. This is what I want to say. This is what our viewers to know. I want people to have a deeper appreciation and be proud of our humanness because it's through our humanness that we have access to something that no other form of life has. And that is
I'll use the word, and then I'll define it, and then we can have a conversation about it. The word is human divinity. For many people, divinity is linked with religion, and I can see why. There are schools of divinity that have been built to make that association, but the contemporary definition of divinity has nothing to do with religion.
I'll use the word, and then I'll define it, and then we can have a conversation about it. The word is human divinity. For many people, divinity is linked with religion, and I can see why. There are schools of divinity that have been built to make that association, but the contemporary definition of divinity has nothing to do with religion.
It literally reads, divinity is the ability to transcend perceived limitations. Transcend means to become more than perceived. I love this. They may not even be real. We may be living limits in our lives. And as a 14-year-old boy from a dysfunctional alcoholic family, I was told what my limits as a man, as a human would be.
It literally reads, divinity is the ability to transcend perceived limitations. Transcend means to become more than perceived. I love this. They may not even be real. We may be living limits in our lives. And as a 14-year-old boy from a dysfunctional alcoholic family, I was told what my limits as a man, as a human would be.