Greed and associated violence are feeders of distrust and suspicion. Getting rid of distrust means overcoming ethnocentrism, racism, nativism, capitalism, and many other dangerous contributors.
The truth is that it is distrust that is the source of all these. If we get rid of distrust we would get rid of ethnocentrism, racism. I can think of another. I think there are a number of technological advances we dare not make because we don't trust each other to use them honestly. I encourage you to think of such possibilities and share them here.
Another issue would be the three forms of distrust I proposed. What do you think of that idea? In what ways to you see these three forms relating to each other? Thanks for your contributions until my third offering.
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At some point in her evolution Eve distrusted what the Creator had told her, and decided to investigate for herself.
Investigation is not about distrust. Investigation is about knowing. There's no other way to know than "for yourself." Anything less is "belief" and shifting sand.
"Taste and see" and "prove all things"; there's no knowledge without these things. Trust based on belief alone is a straight set-up.
Correct, KM. Eve was not investigating. If she was she would have double-checked with Adam. She got conflicting information from the serpent and allowed that to sway her. It was a vote of no-confidence in Adam.
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