Like I said above, you cannot say that *things* are bad because most things are neither good nor bad. Therefore, the ills of the world today are due to mankind misusing *things* that creates the bad we see. If and when we find ourselves sans technology due to natural disaster or something manmade--a nuclear detonation with the resultant electromagnetic pulse--there will obvious repercussions as those completely dependent on technology in every aspect of their lives suffer withdrawal symptoms and lash out. However, as Nature has done throughout time immemorial, a balance will come about and those who still have the will and ability to evolve will evolve and those that don't will die off. Nature always wins. _______________________________________________________ "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it doth prosper, none dare call it treason." -Sir John Harrington, 1561-1612

What I posted was one of those self-answering questions. But, to answer your questions, humans have always evolved using the gifts that God has given us by following God's examples. To whit, the same Sun that can burn your skin (bad) can harden clay (good). The same rain that can drown you in a flood (bad), can help keep you alive (good). The point is, mankind had always been given new things and it is the nature of our Free Will given us by our Creator that allows us the CHOICE to do either good or bad with them. Therefore, one cannot say that what God has given us is inherently bad without saying that God himself is bad. Or that Free Will is bad because the alternative is mindless sycophancy, which is the quite the opposite of His plan for us, although it is the desired state of docility for the common man in many of the tyrannies throughout history. In short, we were created with freedom of choice through Free Will and that choices we all have made throughout history are what have brought us here. You cannot make a value judgement on where we are because, to do so, you would be saying that you are more qualified than other people to run their lives; that argument could be made by anybody about you, too. It is easy to look at where we are today, wring our hands, and lament our current condition. It is more difficult, but far more constructive, to look at where we are today and work toward getting us where we need to be. Keeping the focus on what we DO want tells the Universe that we are ready to be more than we are today. _______________________________________________________ "Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it doth prosper, none dare call it treason." -Sir John Harrington, 1561-1612