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Question106

Is a world government a good idea?

No. Too many Christians on the lunatic fringe - not to mention on the telly - would perceive any moves towards such a system as Signs.

Currently it seems every time one of these nincompoops appears on the radio or TV, they're reading from Revelations; you know, antichrist, beast, 666 and all that. And apparently one of the Signs of the Coming of the Antichrist will be... drum roll please... A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT!

Honestly. Who'd want to be world president, knowing that a deranged fundie with a gun could be lurking literally round every corner? (Rob Cruickshank)

Nope. Current governments are counter productive, and inflexible. Often, they are out of touch with reality, being in their ivory tower. The expansion, increased girth and height, of the ivory tower would amplify the problems. (Stoney #9)

World government will eventually happen by necessity, as resources are squandered and economics erases the borders. Religion stands in the way, but it won't always. This world government will be born inan extreme: it wil be eithe ra democracy created by the acts of sovereign nations, or it will be a dictatorship inaugurated after a final World War.

In either case, the executive of such an organization will need to have extensive power, and our selctivity of leaders will need to be much greater than it is now. Choosing a leader based on ideological differences will not be acceptable, so the world will have to enter a majorly nontheistic mindframe before such an endeavour can succeed.

Perhaps in 100 years. Definitely before 2200, unless we find some inexhaustible source of infinite food and power. (John Ashby #1668)

I think so, but I see world government as a stronger version of modern UN or a kind of a global EU. Every nation would remain sovereign and send their representatives to a world congress which would coordinate 'global' economic activities and set global economic, trade and criminal laws.

I see a creation of this kind of government as a gradual process of strenghtening economic and political ties of unions (such as European Union, a merge of Latin America cuntries, closer organization of Arabic and Asian nations, etc.) In other words, gradual reduction of number of countries, from 200, to 100, to 10, to 1. (Rostislav "Steve" Lyudmirsky #1060)

Yes, though it will take a while. Doubters out there should look at Western Europe. Up until just before I was born, nations in Western Europe were at each others throats often, including in this century, twice. Today there are open borders, a common currency, a parliament, and increasing interdependence. Tell someone that was going to happen in 1938 and you would have been committed.
Just an example. In 1980 we took a train from Paris to Linz, and at each border guards came in to check passports. In 1995 I flew from Madrid to Amsterdam. There was a customs station - but no one was there. You just walked on through.
Did you realize that there has never been a famine in a democracy? A world government, with freedom, will save hundreds of millions of lives.
Finally, think of what we could do with all the money now spent on weapons. Humanity will never get to the stars until we stop fighting each other.
It might not be for a century, but I think it will happen. (Scott Davidson #1045)

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