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one could argue that the behaviors caused the destruction, as a logical extension of poor choices. also, the old testament God of "wraith[sic], vengenace, jealousy and retribution" may be human intervention in the history books that enable people to point fingers in hindsight.

I have not claimed that the Bible was the total word of God, complete and unadulterated. However, I believe there is much that is remarkably accurate considering the times and the length of time that it has endured.

Perhaps if you live a life of responsibility and accept the daily consequences of your own actions, or even the chance that the miserable reality you see others having isn't "reality" unless they choose it.

In other words, what you perceive for others isn't what they perceive. Our job is to respond appropriately to what we perceive. If we perceive inequity and do nothing about it, that is a choice WE make. There is nothing to prove that the squalor exists outside our mind, or the collective mind that chooses to perceive that "reality."

Sorry if this isn't clear, but the concept of multiple realities is so much a part of the "choice" philosophy, that it is hard to discuss the topic without a common understanding. Is this something you are in agreement with, or at least acknowledge as possible?