I do not have PhD in history. A PhD in history would likely lead myself to assess the current level of threat in the world different.
God would tell me if I needed to know more is a nice thought yet feels less than sufficient at times in practice. In a World full of 8 billion plus people, determinism seems to be a bit of a myth. People control truth, including people from Churches – perception and comprehension is far from ideal, potentially scary at times, disseminating the wrong information is costly.
God could likely have told people the right words or right course of actions to anyone in history to stop wars or could have delivered miracles to stop wars. God has potential to does not equate to God does, does by default, will, is likely to, is guaranteed to.
I pray, I want people protected, yet depending on Moses to Part the Red Sea level miracles is forgo-ed for preparation and defense spending. How people think God will act, to what level people think God will act factors into protectionism vs less protectionism on any given day.
I am from a military family. I see the importance in protection, in investing in protection for the country, in the known that protectionism amplifies less than ideally might lead to arms races equates to investing in the correct levels, especially on an international scale seems difficult, potentially costly (in more ways than a price tag).
I have adequate potential to gauge threats in my life seems unwise. Someone that goes to a battle where there are clear sides would likely have better capacity to determine threats vs no threats (not to discount potential for friendly fire on real battle fields). Unable to see the enemy, who is the enemy, to know if there are enemies that are in or not in is more difficult in a World with 8 billion plus people at borders that are open to international travel.
Guess at what is a threat vs what is not a threat? Seems to be best direction. Worrying is far from all value added, protectionism has potential to lead to lack of freedom, hope, and encouragement. 8 billion plus people that are complex equates to far more than 8 billion variables. Given I only have potential to factor in a limited number of variables at a time, I likely have less than ideal potential for deterministic protection for self, family, friends, and fellow citizens.
Best guess has potential to be problematic. Health problems both factor in and are potentially useful – orchestrated in combination possible does not equate to causation. Causation is hard to prove, hard to unprove, does not equate to what is set to cause is guaranteed to be right.
It is useful to withhold information from the perspective of governments and churches. Potentially from God’s perspective seek and you will find might not be finding the next gold mine. Riches that could change things determine path. Riches like truth, truth that is more available to some than others, truth that is not always easy or light, cost free to divulge.
I might have avoided some wars in the past, does not guarantee the wars of the future have no potential for problems, problems I cannot see. Not in a battle also equates to Not in the know is hard to fully appreciate. I have potential to gauge the value added versus subtracted for not knowing what is going on in wars? No. Less knowledge is useful, might be the chosen more ideal value at times, does not equate to that gives ideal determinism, a guarantee for safety.
I want Peace, I invest in Faith.
I am not perfect, I like all people on Earth am less than ideal sin out. I know how consequential my sins are, which sins to stop in advance that might lead to dramatic change for the world? No. Sin is consequential, sin is not always respected or valued for level of damage it causes. Others, including Politicians would likely acknowledge the same if it did not undermine their directions chosen, confidence of audience. Relevant information, is limited at times for good reason, does not equate to that information is inconsequential. It is nice to think people make decisions in a vacuum, in an ideal world, a world where sin does not effect outcomes on a day to day basis.
Less greed or lust on any given day is likely valuable for the world, claim to investing reducing either ideally on a day to day basis, claim that investing in either or both sufficiently is sufficient investment in all other sins reduced? Investment in reduced sin is directional, limited.
Others with dirty hands is useful, real conversation that would actually reduce sin costs time, is not always the easiest path, a path that is always easy to take for those with less than ideally clean hands – does not equate to the combination is inconsequential. There is value in not being involved, people are not always sin free in complexity. Claim Golden Rule path is always easy to see in combination? May is a useful system, set to an ideally chosen system? Perception of Authority and Class, Level in Society factors into representation equates to capacity to deliver advice or real conversation is limited at times – not my place a common system, maybe not an always ideally chosen system. Others might know more equates to my advice might be less useful.
Not all people agree on rules, what sin is, does not equate to oversight is not in by design. Oversight that sees rules broken, whether or not the breaker of those rules agrees with the rule is consequential – showing rules can be broken, useful to break not always the ideal direction meant to be chosen by those being watched. One might help direct and choose other’s paths without desire to. Increased oversight in by design does not equate to it is all good, all reduced complexity, sins, and problems.
One man fees another $100 when they only have $50, the man feed at a later point in time fees $50 when the original man with $100 only has $5. Fee-d and lack of mercy has potential for less-than-ideal proportionality established. High Ground is a useful, temporary system. Men and Women like to think of self as merciful, filled with grace and forgiveness yet we fee each other on the common without knowing the price, what else to factor in – LTI comprehension does not always or even usually change fees. The usual thought, at least personally is if I can’t account for that I better increase fees to add more flex, might not always be the correct thought.
World events factor into said and unsaid, should not be translated into ideal value established or delivered.
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