A P E R F E C T E A R T H S O C I E T Y *************************** Book One OF "AN ERA OF POSSIBILITY" Author: Less Death *************************** CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION *************** ***HALF EMPTY - HALF FULL*** We, earth humans, are currently living within a world-wide predatory human society. This narrative presents a viable alternative to this predatory society. However, because the "perfect society" is different than what we have been conditioned to, it is necessary that you be willing to consider things from a different prospective than you probably have been use to doing. FOR EXAMPLE: The old adage of a half glass of water being viewed by some people as "half empty" and by other people as "half full" does not go far enough, because there really are at least three, and not just the 2 conditions usually applied to that adage. The full 3 conditions in that familiar adage should address the important issues as to whether the glass is: 1.) half empty on its way to being completely empty or 2.) half full on its way to total fullness, OR 3.) is it in a holding "going nowhere" condition. In the manner of "going further", this book one presents the "Perfect society" as a way for us to achieve society completeness (that's the good news). Book two will be about *WHY* our present day society is really "half empty" on its way to extinction (that's the bad news). Book three will deal with "How to Get to" the "Perfect Society". ----- ***A UNIQUE TIME*** We are in an unique age, for this is the time period when we earth humans have an extraordinary opportunity to transition to a "perfect society", the so-called utopian society. Over the years, much has been written about an "utopian society". In fact, in recent years, more than just writings about society changes have been done. Various religious groups have attempted to establish new societies - too many to mention here. And national governments have also made attempts to establish so-called "new world orders". For example, in the 1930/1940's there was Japan's attempt to establish a new Asian order. In that same time period, there also was Hitler's attempt to establish a new European Aryan order "that would last a thousand years". And while those were going on, the Soviet Union was attempting to setup a "communist world order". Those three aforementioned attempts ended in dismal failure. Why?? In addition to their many other problems, it simply was because each of those attempts tried to remake their present predatory society into a so-called "better" predatory society, or at least "better" was the propaganda told to the general population, and each of those so-called "new" societies were clearly overt predatory "police states". Each of those attempts, which admittedly have been failures, failed for that same reason. Within each of those three above mentioned failed "new societies", the very system itself was designed so that some group members were more *equal* than the ordinary members and those "elite society members" were "enriching" themselves (being predatory) at the expense of the other "common" society members. A POINT: Predatory societies are doomed to fail. The "seed" for their failure is the fact that they are predatory. That "being predatory" was one thing that those diverse governments of Japan, Germany, and the Soviet Union shared in common in their failed attempts to establish "new" world orders. ----- ***SOME WORDS OF PREPARATION*** Some readers might, at first reading, find some of these perfect society concepts and comments to be "entertaining", so I assure you readers at the outset, that this book one **IS** intended to be a *serious* expression of realistic society options and possibilities, even though these concepts do represent an innovative perspective. I freely acknowledge that the concepts expressed in this book one will NOT be from "conventional wisdom". So, I am recommending, "up front", that you DO NOT jump to quick conclusions without first considering the complete "Whys", and "Wherefores". Serious readers should quickly realize, that IF they reflect and give FAIR consideration to the concepts expressed herein, then they should discover (after reading through the specific details) that these concepts are both plausible and logical, although they may, at first impression, have seemed to be unusual or even "far fetched". May you enjoy reading this narrative. ----- QUESTION: Is the perfect society so complicated that it simply is beyond the capability of humans?? ANSWER: NO!! The perfect society is really quite simple and easy. ----- ***SOME BRIEF "PERFECT SOCIETY" CONCEPTS*** GOVERNMENT: a.) Governments administer, NOT rule. b.) One adult person - one vote, is a paramount principle. c.) No national borders, people can move about without restrictions. d.) Cultures are retained among peoples. e.) Seven or eight administrative regional councils on earth. f.) One Earth administrative council. FINANCIAL: g.) All persons have "income-share" in earth's resources. h.) All persons have Min/Max total earnings with "spread" set by vote. PERSONAL AND MARRIAGE: i.) Adult persons can change their birth gender upon their request. j.) Marriage is joined by sexual activity between a male and a female. k.) Males can only end marriage because of female adultery. l.) After one year, females can end a marriage whenever they choose. m.) After one year, males can have more than one wife. n.) Current wife must be notified before another marriage begins. o.) Current wife can choose to end her marriage before other begins. p.) If current wife does not know beforehand, male commits adultery. EDUCATION: q.) Education in three areas: ethics, culture, and academic subjects. r.) Parents to teach their children ethics. s.) Groups (or parents) to teach their members about their culture. t.) Schools (or parents) to teach academic subjects. JUSTICE: u.) Society is responsible for dealing with anti-society behavior. v.) Prisons not for punishment, they separate criminals from society. w.) An individual is responsible for correcting his/her own behavior. x.) Society is responsible to aid an individual's rehabilitation. y.) If behavior remains anti-society, person MUST be put to death. z.) Protecting residents from victimization is a primary society role. ----- ***ABOUT CHANGING HUMAN GENDER*** Although the above perfect society points will be addressed in detail in later pages, I have decided to present information here in this "Introduction" (as an example), about people having the option to change their birth gender, IF THEY SO CHOOSE. There are three basic components to consider when evaluating this "gender-changing" point: 1.) *normal* human birth gender is selected by random action; 2.) long-life; 3.) fairness. NOTE: I use the term *normal* to mean a human pregnancy achieved by a male and a female that is NOT the result of some outside intervention. 1.) THE "RANDOM ACTION" COMPONENT: SOME FACTS: I am using the word "random" in the sense of an action with two unique possibilities, similar to this definition from Webster's dictionary: # Main Entry: random # Function: adjective # Date: 1565 # # 2 b : being or relating to a set or to an element of a set each # of whose elements has equal probability of occurrence" As verified by this following paragraph from an October 29th 1999 article from "The Associated Press", the gender of a child is determined by whether the male's sperm, (the one that fertilizes the female egg), carries an "X" or a "Y" chromosome: # "The X and Y chromosomes decide whether a baby is boy or girl. # Mothers carry two X chromosomes and fathers carry one copy each # of the X and the Y. Sperm from the father has only half of the # normal 23 pairs of chromosomes and carries either a single X or # Y chromosome. The mother's egg also has half the normal # complement of chromosomes and includes a single X. If a Y # chromosome from the sperm fertilizes the egg, then the baby is # male because the resulting cells each have one Y and one X. If # the sperm has an X chromosome, then the child is female, with # two X chromosomes in the cells." According to this following statement from the 1995 edition of "The World Book Encyclopedia" in the topic of "Sex ratio", there are slightly more human male births than human female births: # "Among human beings, for example, 103 to 107 boys are born for # every 100 girls. In the adult population, however, women # out-number men because women, on the average, live longer." ANALYSES OF THOSE FACTS: Thus, assuming that a particular male has a usual amount of "X" sperm and "Y" sperm, then the odds are fairly even (about 52 to 50) as to whether a pregnancy with him will result in a male or a female child. So, although there can be families of several male children or several female children, the overall human statistics show a fairly close balance among male and female births. IF a particular male carries both "X" and "Y" chromosome sperm (as is the usual), then the sperm that actually fertilizes the egg is a result from "random action". Thus, most children's *normal* birth gender is NOT the result from a "planned action" (speaking only about the action of *which* chromosome sperm actually fertilizes the female egg). SUB POINT: Thus, barring any outside intervention, the gender of any particular human child, from a *normal* pregnancy, IS determined by "random action". ----- 2.) THE "LONG LIFE" COMPONENT: The earth human life expectancy (the average "expected" living time of a human child at their birth) has varied at different times in history and between different cultures, from about an age of 38 to over the age of 75 or longer. It is simply commonsense to acknowledge that the amount of time that a person *expects* to live will affect many of the decisions that an individual might make as he/she ages. For example, someone with a 38 year *expected* life-time might decide NOT to go to school up to age 30 before beginning a career, or that "38 year life-time" individual may decide to marry and raise a family much sooner than a person with a "75 year or more" life expectancy might do. In the "perfect earth society", individuals will be living much longer lives than any previously experienced upon this earth (normal life expectancy will be MUCH LONGER than 120 years) - in fact, earth humans in the perfect society can expect to live indefinitely. WHY?? Because earth humans will then routinely be physically "renewed" allowing for a life expectancy far beyond the present experience (and this potential is becoming a possibility today). I will expand upon this "physical renewal" in a later chapter. SUB POINT: Therefore people who earlier might have been willing to "put up with" a gender that was not totally pleasing (because its only for 38 years, etc) might, in the perfect earth human society, decide to request a change in gender so that they might live their long *expected* lifetime to the maximum satisfactory potential possible. ----- 3.) THE "FAIRNESS" COMPONENT: Therefore, 1.) since a child does not get to choose his/her gender before being born, and that birth gender (in normal circumstances) is decided as a result of "random action", 2.) and since a perfect society child will have an extremely long *expected* lifetime to look forward to, 3.) then it is only reasonable and fair that an adult who is not pleased with his/her birth gender, be allowed to request a change to the other gender rather than to force that individual to "make do" or to "put up with" a gender that is less than pleasing to him/her. I must note here that advances in technology will make it possible for some future parents to choose the gender of their child, but regardless of whether or not some adult chooses the gender of a certain pregnancy, it is an undeniable fact that the human child does NOT make a choice beforehand. Therefore whether someone is born as a male or as a female, it was not their individual choice to be so. A POINT: Thus, allowing the option for individuals to change their birth gender, IF THEY WANT TO, is simply a matter of good commonsense, courtesy, and fairness. So, even readers who might have been "shocked" at a *gender change* proposal being an accepted normal part of a perfect society, should now be able to get over their initial "shock". AND they should also be able to recognize the merit, rightness and fairness of allowing those adults who, in the future, have a "gender discontent", to have an open, above board society-accepted remedy to change their "gender discontent" situation into a "gender content" situation. As I previously stated, other aspects of both the "physical renewal" and the "physical change" concepts will be presented later on. ----- CHAPTER TWO - EXPLANATIONS *************** ***ABOUT THE WORD "PERFECT"*** At this point, it is necessary for me to write a brief explanation about how I use the English word "perfect". In our present society "perfect" is often taken to ONLY mean: "without fault, flaws, defect or imperfections". However, I do NOT use the English word "perfect" in quite that *usual* manner. FROM MIRIAM & WEBSTER DICTIONARY: # "3 a : PURE, TOTAL # b : lacking in no essential detail : COMPLETE . . ." # "synonyms PERFECT, WHOLE, ENTIRE, INTACT mean not lacking or # faulty in any particular. PERFECT implies the soundness and the # excellence of every part, element, or quality of a thing . . ." In accord with the above listed qualities of the word "perfect" that are from the definition in the "Miriam & Webster Dictionary", I use the English word perfect to mean: "whole, true, complete, real, ideal, supreme, intact, honest, and non-violent". In other words, (applying the word perfect to humans), a "perfect relationship" is a complete relationship, a true relationship, a real relationship, an ideal relationship, a supreme relationship, an honest relationship, and a non-violent relationship. Thus, (applying the word perfect to a concept), a "perfect system" is a whole system, a complete system, a true system, an ideal system, a real system, a supreme system, an honest system, and a non-violent system. That is how I use the English word "perfect" within this narrative. So, for the purpose of this narrative, the "perfect society" does NOT mean a society without challenges, difficulties, or dis-agreements. But "perfect society" does mean an ideal society whose residents have chosen NOT to do harm to other law-abiding residents, and it will be a society that has established certain world-wide operating standards in order that problems can be peacefully dealt with and resolved. A POINT: My definition of "perfection" in connection with society in its simplest form means people choosing to be honest in their dealings with one another and also choosing **NOT** to do intentional harm to other living beings, because when those choices are made, then all else such as efficiency, well- being, and prosperity will be easy to obtain within earth human society. ----- ***AN HONEST, FAIR AND NON-VIOLENT SOCIETY*** Thus, a "perfect earth society" will be a society founded upon certain reasonable principles. For example, a perfect earth society will be an honest, fair, and non-violent society. QUESTION: Why do you say a "perfect society" will be an honest, fair and non-violent society? Here is the "step-detailed" explanation of my "Why": In order for a society to be a "perfect" society, residents MUST be safe, otherwise the society cannot be called "perfect", because if residents are not safe, then the society would NOT be "complete", nor would it be "quality", and it certainly would not be an "excellence of every part" society. Since a "perfect society" *MUST* be a "safe society", it therefore follows that it must also be an honest society, because trust (which promotes security - and security is safety) is an essential component for a "safe society". In order to have trust and security, there MUST be honesty among people. So, a perfect society = an honest society. An honest society will also be a fair society, because to be unfair to someone is to deny or deprive that individual of something, and to deny or deprive someone is to steal from that individual, and "to steal" is dishonest. Thus, an honest (perfect) society *MUST* be a fair society. So, a perfect society = an honest society, which = a fair society. NOTE: One gauge of "fairness" is if other individuals would be willing to accept any particular action or decision made against someone else, to also apply to themselves. In an honest society where people trust one another and dwell secure, and where they are fair to one another, then they will also be non-violent towards one another, because violence is basically an UNFAIR practice whereby someone (who thinks that he/she is stronger) tries to IMPOSE his/her will upon someone else (the presumed weaker). A POINT: Thus, a perfect society = an honest society, which = a fair society, which = a non-violent society. That is "Why" I made that statement. ----- ***"PERFECT SOCIETY" AND VIOLENCE*** In the perfect society, the responsibility to deal with wrong-doers will be carried out by the duly authorized society agents (police and judges etc.), but those "agents" will depend, in large measure, upon the ordinary residents to maintain security by reporting wrong-doers. In that sense, a "perfect society" is a self-policing society. Having said that, I must also say that the "perfect society" will be a free society, NOT a repressed "police society". But the "limit" to that personal freedom is that no one can victimize anyone else. Once it becomes accepted that there will be NO society tolerance for anyone to be victimized, then it is our collective willingness (NOT to be victims and to rid society of those who victimize others), that will be the "deterrence" which will keep our society free of violence. A society of non-victimizers simply cannot allow ANY victimizers to remain among them, no more than a predator can be tolerated within a society of non-predators (just like a wolf could not be allowed to live in a chicken coop among chickens). To allow even one predator in the society is to be **unfair** to all the rest of society who are living as non-predators. Therefore, our "collective willingness", as a society, to tolerate NO individual to victimize another, no matter how "small" that FIRST victimization may seem, will (after a transition period), enable a society that is primarily free of victimizers. A POINT: I realize that this concept of "NO" victimizers might seem, at first, to be an unrealistic goal, but for those who think it through, they will comprehend that it is the *ONLY* way to have a safe society for ourselves and our offspring. Our present society has wrongly conditioned us to accept that we will always have victimizers living among us (the "nobody's perfect" lie), but that just is NOT true. As we transition, there will be a decreasing need for police, courts and prison (prison is NOT a place for punishment, but it is a place to separate wrong-doers from society while they have an opportunity to rehabilitate themselves), and that need for the police, courts, prison and executions will continue to dwindle until we retain them only for exceedingly "rare" cases that might occur from time to time. In the perfect society when acceptable systems are in place to resolve any dispute, and people are committed to the concept of a society of non-victimizers, then violence between people or groups of people will be an unacceptable and unnecessary method for solving disagreements. ----- ***WHEN VIOLENCE IS NECESSARY*** Violence is wasteful, inefficient, and unfulfilling, but sometimes it is necessary for duly authorized society agents to use forceful means in order to effectively deal with those individuals who have chosen to be anti-society, OR it might be necessary for an individual to use violence (self defense) so as to end an attack made by a wrong-doer. A POINT: Even a society that rejects violence, MUST retain the option to employ violence, in order to protect residents from being victimized. Therefore, a "perfect society" is one in which all of its residents can participate in equal, *secure* opportunities for self achievement, self advancement, and self growth, whether they be male or female, youth or elder, strong or weak, part of the majority or part of the minority, white, black, red, yellow, or brown skinned. So, a "perfect society" will be a society in which every resident is entitled to dwell *securely* and also where each resident will give respect toward others and receive respect from others. In later pages, this non-victimization aspect as well as other components of this potential "perfect earth society" will be more fully presented. ----- ***ABOUT GOD, VALUES, AND RELIGION*** Because "organized religions" play (and have played) such a central role within our present earth society, it is necessary that I express some comments about God and religions. Firstly, to me, "religions" and God are two different subjects, and I will treat them as such. In these narratives, **ALL** of my comments about God will be based upon these following key commonsense principles: *** ABOUT GOD *** 1.) The real God has NO objection toward someone who is skeptical about the existence of God, because a real God could easily prove His existence to the satisfaction of even the most skeptical person (as the Jewish/Christian Bible records that God willingly did for Gideon). 2.) The real God's existence should certainly be able to be proven by scientists, in accord with normal scientific principles, so that once proved, even a skeptic could scientifically verify the existence of God for him/her self. (Since God can do "anything", then developing a way for earth humans to verify God's existence scientifically, should prove to be no challenge at all for God.) 3.) The real God who is all-powerful has NO need, nor any interest, in having earth humans "serve" (do for) God. Instead a real God will "serve" (do for) us earth humans, just as it was God who "did for" Abraham, NOT Abraham who "did for" God, as recorded in the Jewish/Christian Bible. 4.) The only requirement that the real God has, is that we earth humans live in harmony with God, and we can do that by living according to one, NOT 10, nor 20, nor 600 "laws". Yes, just *ONE* simple principle, which is: "Be honest"; or to word that *ONE* simple POSITIVE principle as a negative phrase, "Do not steal". ***ONLY ONE SOCIETY PRINCIPLE = BE HONEST (Do not steal)*** Those familiar with the Jewish/Christian Bible should remember that what God asked of Abraham, was for him to "walk before me, and be thou *perfect*" (meaning for Abraham to "be honest"). Also, the reason why Noah was saved from the flood, was because he was "a just man and *perfect*" (meaning that Noah was "honest"). Thus, the ONE society principle of "Be honest" contains ALL of the Jewish/Christian Bible's "Ten Commandments", because those recorded "Ten Commandments" are simply variations of "Do not steal" in three distinct categories. THE THREE "BE HONEST - DO NOT STEAL" CATEGORIES ARE: 1.) Be honest toward God: "Do not steal from God that which belongs to God"; 2.) Be honest toward others: "Do not steal from others that which belongs to others"; 3.) Be honest toward yourself: "Do not steal from yourself that which belongs to you". A.) EXAMPLE OF CATEGORIES 1 (God) & 3 (yourself): To insult God by claiming some person/thing is God, or to otherwise blaspheme God, is to steal from God the rightful acknowledgement of who God is, and to steal from one's self the benefit derived by knowing God and living in harmony with God. B.) EXAMPLES OF CATEGORY 2 (others): 1.) To murder someone is to steal their life. 2.) To lie to someone is to steal the truth from them. C.) EXAMPLES OF CATEGORIES 2 (others) & 3 (yourself): 1.) To not honor one's parents is to steal from them the honor due them, and also to steal from yourself "long life". 2.) To commit adultery is to steal from your partner the exclusivity that he/she is entitled to by the commitment that you made, and to also steal from yourself the benefits of that exclusive physical love partnership. D.) EXAMPLE OF CATEGORY 3 (yourself): To envy (covet) someone or something is to steal from yourself the enjoyment of who you are and of what you have and to also steal from yourself your "peace of mind", etc., etc., etc.. A POINT: A reasonable reader should be able to comprehend how ALL of the Jewish/Christian Bible Ten Commandments are really variations upon the "Be Honest - Do not steal" theme, and that by living by just the "ONE" basic principle of "Be Honest", that is to say "Be honest toward God, Be honest toward others, and Be honest toward yourself, then all of those recorded Jewish/Christian Bible variations would be followed. "Be Honest" is the underlying foundation principle for those Jewish/Christian Bible's Ten Commandments. ----- *** ABOUT VALUES *** "HONESTY" NOTE: "Being Honest" is not an excuse to use "partial truth" as a weapon to hurt someone. "Being Honest" does not mean "being tackless", nor is "Being Honest" something to be used as a "cover" for accomplishing a hidden agenda. "Being Honest" includes "being involved" with other society members, because "honesty" is not merely a negative of not being "dishonest", but it also is a positive of "concerned helpful action toward others". As an example of what I mean about not just a negative - but also a positive, consider that the same is true for "non-violence", because in order to be "non-violent" it is not enough to merely refrain from violent action against someone else, but the positive component of "non-violence" is to be concerned and helpful toward others. Yes, just as it is not sufficient to refrain from active violence in order to be "non-violent", it is NOT sufficient simply to refrain from being dishonest in order to be "honest", because it also is necessary to be concerned, involved, fair (honest) and helpful about the overall well-being of others. A POINT: "Being Honest" also means to insure that the best positive result will be accomplished from any situation of "honesty". In the "perfect society", where people will endeavor to be *truly* "honest", they will learn how to consider a situation in its entirety in order to understand the complete truths contained therein. Thereby, the results of "honesty" will be positive results, obtained by people who choose not to intentionally harm another living being. ----- ***TODAY'S SOCIETY MISUSES THE CONCEPT OF "HONESTY"*** BUT, in today's society, some people are adapt at using what they call "honesty" as a means to be unfair and to hurt others. They do so, by using "partial truth" (selfish truth) without regard to the situation as a whole. They are therefore "dishonest" because of their motivation. AN EXAMPLE OF USING "PARTIAL TRUTH" IN A DISHONEST WAY: On a recent TV news magazine program it was presented that a man and a woman were previously married, and a son was born during that marriage. That couple ended their marriage and the father continued to have visits from the son, and he was providing financial support for the son. The man then began a new relationship and with encouragement from the new female partner it was decided to get a DNA test upon the son. The DNA test revealed that the man was not the child's biological father. During a visit to their home by the 6 year old child, the man told the child that he was not his father and that he would no longer have visits with the child. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS TO CONSIDER: 1.) While not the "biological father" of the child, the man WAS the "legal father" of the child (because the child was born during his "legal marriage" and he had no objection at the time for his name to be entered, as father, upon the child's birth certificate and parentage of the child was not an issue in their divorce). 2.) The man was still "legally" responsible for maintaining his financial support for the child (because he was the child's recorded "legal father"). 3.) The man's proper dis-agreement was with the child's mother and it was not with the child (there were legal avenues for him to pursue in order to redress her fraud). The child was an innocent victim of this situation. 4.) The "legal father" was the only father that the child knew, and the child's biological father was not involved in his life. 5.) It is a fact that many people truly love children who are not their biological children. 6.) The "new couple" seemed to have a motivation to concentrate upon their present involvement only. MY ANALYSES: The man was being dishonest when he told the child that he was not his father, because he WAS the child's "legal father". The man was wrong to tell the child (with whom he had a 6 year "father and son" relationship) that he was terminating their relationship. Although the truth that he was not the child's "biological father" should be made known to the child, *at some point*, the "timing" and the manner of his "dumping" that truth upon a 6 year old child, and his removing his emotional support from that young child, was despicable. In my opinion the man simply was interested in "getting back" at his former wife, and he was influenced by his new relationship, to just dump his "legal son" (a son that he supposedly loved for 6 years). But, there are **legal** relationships, and just as a person can not simply walk away from a marriage without following the legal method, such as a divorce to dissolve that **legal** relationship, so too a parent can not simply decide that he/she will no longer continue to be a parent to a *legal* child. It seems, to me, that this "man" simply sought to hide his dishonest motivations behind a "cover" of his claiming to be honest. MY VIEW: The "legal father" was unfair to the 6 year old child and he **chose** to deliberately emotionally hurt a 6 year old child because of his own inadequacy in being able to deal with the "whole truth". THE WHOLE TRUTH: The primary truth was that he *WAS* the child's "legal father". Whether he liked it or not, the child was his primary responsibility in that situation. The child was the only totally innocent victim in that situation. The man WAS a victim of his former wife's fraud, but he was a victim who had made personal choices. The man had made a choice to partner with that woman (and partnerships have responsibilities and consequences). However, the child was an INNOCENT victim of his mother's fraud, for the child made NONE of the choices. The man had accepted that he had a child during his legal marriage and he had proceeded to have a 6 year "father and son" relationship with that child, and that 6 year "bond" between a human adult and a human child should have counted for some type of positive emotional value from that "legal father" towards his "legal child". That child, during ALL of his 6 year life, had been influenced and parented by that "legal father". Like it or not, that "legal father" had provided more toward the environmental character development of that 6 year old child than the biological father had, and that "legal father" had a major responsibility toward that child. The adult's primary consideration, **in that situation**, should not have been toward his former spouse, nor should it have been toward his current relationship, nor toward himself. His primary consideration, **in that situation**, should have been the welfare of his 6 year old "legal son". I saw no evidence that the welfare of the child ever entered into that person's consideration. TO SUM UP: That man was dishonest, not honest! He attempted to use "partial truth" as an unfair means to gain his own hidden agenda (getting "free" from the emotional and financial entanglements of a previous relationship), and he caused hurt to an innocent living being in the process. The specifics of how to be fully "Honest" (with ourselves and with others) can be taught, and it can be "learned". Once a person makes a commitment to "be honest" (as "perfect society people" will), they will then begin to view situations differently than is presently done within this existing predatory society. ----- *** ABOUT "RELIGIONS" *** "ENDTIME" OR "NEW BEGINNING"? The role played by "religions" within this predatory society has too often been the role of promoting human against human conflicts, by separating people into different groups and beliefs and also by promoting an inferior role for women and other groups. Thus, the "seeds" for suspicion and mistrust have been widely sown within our society by "religions", along with their "us" verses "them" attitude. In our present era, it is quite popular for various religions to preach that an "END" is coming, and many "ENDTIME Preachers" say that it is a *cataclysmic* end that is coming. Because this "ENDTIME" situation has such a large impact upon our present society, I will address it in much more detail later in book two or in book three. But I will make a few general comments here. For example, some "religious" groups even try to participate in the "violent END" that they preach about, by doing violence to themselves and/or to others (I call them the "death choosers"). Here are specific news reported examples of what I mean: The Jim Jones massacre in Guyana; the David Koresh Waco shootout and the murder of their own members; the recent tabloid suicide of the "Heaven's gate" group and other cult suicides; the poison gas murders by the cult in Japan, the cult murders in Africa, etc., are but a few examples that were in the newspapers and on TV about this "ENDTIME" mentality. Also, there are some politicians who talk suspiciously about the "New World Order", and there are numerous negative "conspiracy theories" floating about which predict a violent upheaval within society, so those adherents stockpile weapons and supplies for *themselves* as they prepare for the "worst" against *others*. A POINT: However, while there indeed is an "end" of something approaching, there also is a "NEW BEGINNING" (Jewish/Christian Bible readers should remember that at the time of Noah there was an "end" for everyone else, but there was a "new beginning" for Noah and his immediate family). Those who preach about the "END" do not publicize that their religions are primarily responsible for establishing this present earth society which created slavery, wars, national and racial divisions between peoples, inferior status for women and races, etc., etc., etc.. Yes! Slavery, wars, national/racial divisions, inferior status for women, all are conditions created by concepts of earth humans promoted by various religious groups and their **distorted** concepts are even claimed to be *verified* within their different religious sources. A POINT: So, the real "end" that is coming is the end for **their** earth society (**the predatory system**). AND they also do not preach that their "ended predatory society system" will be replaced by a **better society system** (the "perfect society"). Thus, there **IS** an "end" coming (the end to prejudice and mistrust), but at the same time there also is a "new beginning" coming for our earth society. Many of the "death choosers" within our present society usually promote a "violent END scenario", AND a non-physical "afterlife" that a person must first "die" for, before it is to be received. Thus, many of the "death choosers" do not seem to value their present physical life. In contrast to the "death choosers", there are other people who have the good sense to value their physical life and those people choose to "live" life, and it is these "life choosers" who will gravitate toward the many opportunities that a "NEW BEGINNING" on this earth presents. These "life choosers" usually focus on making "what one now has" the best it possibly can be, and thereby they are willing to deal with things in its proper order as it comes. So "life choosers" place their emphases and value upon the life they are now living. Lastly, the vast majority of humans, now alive upon this earth, are in the "middle" (neither "death choosers" nor "life choosers"), because events within their own lives have not yet prompted them to gravitate toward a "live" or "die" attitude. I believe that when these "middle roaders" are aware that they have a choice, then most would choose life instead of death. So, a religious oriented reader *COULD* view these "Era of Possibility" books as being like a "survivor guide", because some people just choose to be casualties (they choose death) while some others choose to be survivors of the schemes from those "death choosers" and these books contain guidelines for "life choosers". In fact, this book one has but one main focus, and that focus is about the human life society upon this earth and how individuals might live to their fullest potential here. A POINT: However, many "death choosers" do not want the "middle roaders" to have the opportunity to make their choice. That is "WHY" so many "death choosers" are interested in starting a world-wide "violent END", in an attempt to rob the "middle roaders" of their right to choose by forcing death upon them. I say that for those who "choose death", then that is their choice, but they do not have the right to try to take others with them. But in this present society, because there are many "death-choosers" who are trying to force their choice of death upon others (such as the cult in Japan who gassed members of the general population and the various suicide bombers/terrorists doing their evil), so they will be a focal point in book two or book three, with the hopeful "goal" that many people will "awaken" to the deadly menace to others, that those "death-choosers" truly are. ----- ***TO SUM UP ABOUT GOD AND RELIGION*** Since my comments about God will be based upon those aforementioned "commonsense principles", the reader will not find any type of mythical "mumbo-jumbo", about God, written in this narrative, and I have no objection if someone wants to read my comments about God from the point of view that "I'll believe it when it can be scientifically proven". The reason why I will occasionally mention God is in order to put the interaction between God and earth humans into its proper place within our potential "perfect earth society". Later, in book two, I will explore, in more detail, the devastating role that religion has played within our present predatory society. A POINT: In other words, we earth humans have our role and God has God's role. Remember that the focus of this book one will be upon the earth human role. Thus, even people who do not believe in the existence of God, should be able to read, comprehend, and appreciate, the "perfect society earth human role" that is presented herein. ----- TO SUM UP: THE "PERFECT SOCIETY" IS THE DESTINATION! When reasonable people plan to take a journey, it is usually important to first decide upon the destination. Next, reasonable people, would determine the starting point for that journey. Lastly, reasonable people would consider the "transition" route, which is how to get from point "A" (the starting point) to point "Z" (the destination). These books can also be likened to a planning report for such a journey, because the "perfect society" is point "Z" (our destination). In book two, I will present specific details concerning point "A" (our starting point). In book three, I will address the issue of the "transition" route (how we can get from point "A" to point "Z"). Therefore, readers should recognize that the "perfect society" concepts expressed herein, actually represent the "journey-destination", and they are not intended to be understood as representing society's present situation on earth, nor are they intended to represent the "transition-route" (how we get from our present society to the "perfect society"), both of which will be taken up in books two and three. Thus, in order to fully evaluate these perfect society concepts, it is necessary to view them as being just *one* part of a *three* part process, which will make up the complete narrative, that is: 1.) Book 1 = The destination (where we are going). 2.) Book 2 = The starting point (where we now are). 3.) Book 3 = The "transition" route (how we get there). -----